01-16-2026, 11:45 AM
(01-16-2026, 09:02 AM)rich2005 Wrote: You forgot about the guarantee, there is noneI didn't forget about the guarantee, Rich. It's disappointing though, eveything still works with both the 2.10.38 and the 3.0.6 AppImages except the ability to rename files, which is a huge detriment.
I do not have a Mint 22.3 for a try-out. For backward compatibility the appimage comes from an old ubuntu 22.04. There is a Gimp 3.0.8 coming soon and that will probably kill off my appimage anyway.
Backward compatibility is also the problem with the gimp.org 3.x appimages, Generated with a Debian "bookworm" base so to compile gmic or resynth plugins you need a working Debian 12 / Gimp 3 for that mix. That has defeated me. No use using Debian 13, I tried.
Some alternatives:
Get the flatpak Gimp 3, that seems to have dedicated gmic and resynth packages.
For older python plugins the ivan-hc appimage might work (I have not tried it) https://github.com/ivan-hc/GIMP-appimage...ous-hybrid but not compiled plugins.
I might be worth installing a regular Gimp 3 from a PPA https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+...ntu/gimp-3 I use one of those for compiling gmic and resynth.
If & when I upgrade to kubuntu 26.04 that will come with Gimp 3 anyway, probably the same with the next Mint.
I don't think I wish to get into Flatpaks and I've done PPA's and didn't like the clutter and dependencies and issues that all of that brought in. I also don't wish to downgrade Mint back to 22.2 so, my options are becoming fewer.
The damn 3.0.6 AppImage provided by Gimp.org is useless since I don't use Debian. As much as I hate to do it, I suppose I'll just downgrade Gimp down to 2.10.36, which does happen to still be in the Mint 22.3 Software Manager, a regular install, and do away with all the AppImages and wait until the next version of Mint is released and hope it has a functioning Gimp 3 release that can be used that isn't just a Flatpak version.
Thanks for all your help with this over these fews years. I appreciate the time you spent fixing up the AppImages for usage. All good things must eventually come to an end, I suppose.



