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Gimp crashing on startup
#1
Hi, I just downloaded Gimp 2.10.20 on my laptop with windows 10. 
I used Gimp before on my pc and everything was fine.
But on my laptop it crushes on startup I can just see a black window come up, but it closes immediately right after.
after checking what's written there that's what I managed to find:
 ../babl-0.1.78/babl/babl-internal.h:222 babl_fatal()
        babl_format("CIE Lab double"): not found
'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

that's what I get after running Gimp using "--verbose".
I have no idea what to do about it, and I'd appreciate any help. 
Thanks!
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#2
Any reason for running 2.10.20? I am running 2.10.22 just fine on a Windows 10 laptop (64 bit). Maybe a reinstall with that version?

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#3
(11-27-2020, 02:22 AM)eepjr24 Wrote: Any reason for running 2.10.20? I am running 2.10.22 just fine on a Windows 10 laptop (64 bit). Maybe a reinstall with that version?

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I used 2.10.20 on my pc and I prefer that version. I did try to use 2.10.22 but I got the same error so I guess it's not version related.
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#4
well I managed to fix the problem by downloading Gimp 2.99.2.
it works just fine so I guess every thing is alright.
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#5
The development Gimp 2.99 does use its own Gimp profile. In Widows I think C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.99

Which suggests that the previous problem was in the Gimp 2.10 user profile C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10

Did you ever try deleting that folder ...Gimp\2.10 then running Gimp 2.10 to create a new default profile ?
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#6
(11-27-2020, 04:37 PM)Golden Wrote: well I managed to fix the problem by downloading Gimp 2.99.2.
it works just fine so I guess every thing is alright.

2.99 is still very experimental and won't support many plugins. "Mainstream" Gimp is still 2.10.x.
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#7
Just to test the theory that it's related to the space in the middle the user name, I tried creating an additional user without a space in the middle of the name, and tried starting GIMP when logged in as that user.  I'm still seeing the same problem.
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#8
My previous message seems to have gotten lost some, so I'm reposting.

I'm seeing this same problem again, and reinstalling doesn't seem to help.

I've created an issue for the problem (#6232) that includes a screenshot of the error I'm getting.
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#9
I have managed to get my issue resolved. There was an environment variable BABL_PATH set to point to a directory from a previously installed (and since removed) version of GIMP. Once I removed that environment variable, GIMP starts up properly.

I figured I should update this thread just in case somebody else stumbled across it in the future while looking for a resolution.
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#10
(01-07-2021, 07:19 PM)tjey Wrote: There was an environment variable BABL_PATH set to point to a directory from a previously installed (and since removed) version of GIMP.

AFAIK no "mainstream" Gimp version ever needed this variable, it must have been set for some rather experimental reason or version.
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