Yesterday, 03:04 PM
(Yesterday, 02:31 PM)Andrew_P Wrote: GIMP 3.0.4 was pushed as an update by Linux Mint, overwriting the default GIMP 2.10.36 that I installed when I set the system up from scratch in November 2024.
The only problem there is, Gimp 3.0.4 is not standard in Mint 22.1 Gimp either came from a PPA or flatpak (or maybe an appimage). Even with Mint 22.1 Gimp comes fron ubuntu 24.04 and is 2.10.36
Packing in for a break but much trying out to see what works / does not work and not much works.
The default xsane 0.999 works stand-alone
For Gimp 2.10.36 the plugin that xsane 0.999 installs does not work - not a surprise , been broken a long time.
Using a PPA for Gimp 3.0.4 there are two that I know of
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+...ntu/gimp-3
https://launchpad.net/~mati75/+archive/ubuntu/gimp30
I had problems with GEGL - version too old, but I will go back sometime and try again. Using a Gimp 3.0.4 appimage There is a problem with the plugin - looks like a python incompatibility.
As a non- Mint check using kubuntu 25.04 , comes with Gimp 3.0.2 as default, xsane 0.999 and the xsanecli plugin works.
A real can of worms. At least with Mint 22.1 you can still scan & save to an image for editing with (whichever) Gimp installed.