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How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - teapot - 11-08-2025
Hi,
Using arm64 Raspbian based on Debian 13 (Trixie) how can I get G'MIC within GIMP?
I have the gmic package installed which gives me /usr/bin/gmic but that doesn't give G'MIC within GIMP.
None of Debian's G'MIC packages seem to do that,
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gmic&searchon=names&suite=trixie§ion=all
'apt-file find gmic-qt' doesn't find any package containing paths with that text.
https://gmic.eu/download.html seems to link to x86_64 binaries, under the amd64 name, and jumping to the full list of files doesn't show any other supported architectures: https://gmic.eu/files/linux/
Would appreciate help on what to do, do I have to compile it from source code?
RE: How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - rich2005 - 11-09-2025
(11-08-2025, 07:48 PM)teapot Wrote: Using arm64 Raspbian based on Debian 13 (Trixie) how can I get G'MIC within GIMP?
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Would appreciate help on what to do, do I have to compile it from source code?
There must be an ARM community somewhere but guessing that you will have to compile the gimp_gmic_qt plugin. I can only give a few clues using a Debian 13 VM - AMD/Intel
Lots of dev packages required. Normally install all at once but I think a slow start might help. Just the libgimp3 package which will pull in many of the dependencies.
Code:
sudo apt install libgimp-3.0-devIf all packages are there then you can test in a terminal - run gimptool
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If that is working then more dev packages
Code:
sudo apt install git build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev libfftw3-dev libtiff-dev libjpeg-dev libopenexr-dev libwebp-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libexiv2-devSome of those already installed - it does tell you, so no duplicates.
Get the gmic package https://gmic.eu/files/source/gmic_3.6.3.tar.gz Unpack it and open a terminal in the src folder
Run make gimp If anything is missing it will stop . With luck it continues, not quick, be patient. Do not worry about warning messages, but any errors and you are sunk. Eventually it completes with a message and you can move the plugin into its own folder in the Gimp plug-ins folder.
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Alternatives:
The flathub people say they normally make a flatpak for both AMD and ARM. Maybe there is also a gimp_gmic_qt plugin.
In a terminal flatpak search GIMP might tell you what is available.
RE: How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - teapot - 11-10-2025
Thank you for your detailed reply Rich, I will give it a go.
RE: How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - Tas_mania - 11-12-2025
It's nice to have gmic inside of Gimp but you actually don't need it.
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Download from here and select 'G'MIC for Debian - All interfaces (.deb packages)
Debian 13 Trixie: stable (or latest dev)'
The image above is 'Debian 13 Trixie latest dev'.
I start gmic with 'gmic_qt' and it doesn't work as a plugin for my version of gimp.
RE: How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - rich2005 - 11-13-2025
..but teapot is not using Debian quote: "Using arm64 Raspbian ..."
When you compile gmic there are various options. 'make, on its own compiles everything cli gmic + gimp + zart
RE: How to get G'MIC within GIMP? - Tas_mania - 11-13-2025
I didn't notice the architecture is arm64 so sorry.
There are links to Raspbian versions here.
Check this page out? these links?
They are dead links. I think you will have to compile yourself.