GIMP help please

supernova1965 (Warren) · #1 08-11-2010, 08:28 PM

Hi all I tried to install the UFRAW plugin in GIMP running on Win7 64bit and got this error in the image below I tried to add the missing DLL to the System32 folder but it made no difference any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

OICURMT · #2 08-11-2010, 09:31 PM

Try to copy it into the directory %GimpPath%\lib\gtk-2.0\2.10.0\loaders

Where gimp path is most likely X:\Program Files (x86)\GIMP-2.0

<Late Edit> Hmm... may not work... depends on how the DLL was registered during installation. I'll download UFRAW and install it to see... brb...

mithrandir (Andrew) · #3 08-11-2010, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supernova1965

Hi all I tried to install the UFRAW plugin in GIMP running on Win7 64bit and got this error in the image below I tried to add the missing DLL to the System32 folder but it made no difference any help greatly appreciated.

libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll comes with Gimp.

Possibilities:

Your Gimp is 64 bit and UFRAW is 32 bit? Or vice versa.

You can't load 32 bit dlls from System32. It might work from the WOW directory - %systemroot%\WOW<something> - but you should not have to put them there because Windows should find them it they have registered correctly.

You are running a 32 bit Gimp on a 64 bit system? If it is 32 bit, did it install in "\Program Files (x86)"? I've had no end of grief with 32 bit apps installed in "\Program Files" because Windows will not look there for 32 bit dlls.

supernova1965 (Warren) · #4 08-11-2010, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mithrandir

libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll comes with Gimp.

Possibilities:

Your Gimp is 64 bit and UFRAW is 32 bit? Or vice versa.

You can't load 32 bit dlls from System32. It might work from the WOW directory - %systemroot%\WOW<something> - but you should not have to put them there because Windows should find them it they have registered correctly.

You are running a 32 bit Gimp on a 64 bit system? If it is 32 bit, did it install in "\Program Files (x86)"? I've had no end of grief with 32 bit apps installed in "\Program Files" because Windows will not look there for 32 bit dlls.

Hi Mithrandir

Gimp is in program files so it is 64bit so if I install a 32bit Gimp will this solve the problem

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OICURMT · #5 08-11-2010, 10:02 PM

Works on mine... using 32-bit versions of both.

Windows 7
Gimp (x86)
UFRaw (x86)

supernova1965 (Warren) · #6 08-11-2010, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OICURMT

Works on mine... using 32-bit versions of both.

Windows 7
Gimp (x86)
UFRaw (x86)

I am downloading 32bit version now will see what happens. Thanks for the help all

mithrandir (Andrew) · #7 08-11-2010, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supernova1965

Hi Mithrandir

Gimp is in program files so it is 64bit so if I install a 32bit Gimp will this solve the problem

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It would only make a difference if UFRAW is 32 bit, which from the web page it looks like it might be. There is a posting on Flickr lamenting the lack of a 64 bit version.

What Gimp version is it? I notice there are two 2.6.11 installers - one may be 32 and the other 64.

Shoddy 32 bit installers have been known to use "\Program Files", as also can happen when people override the default.

supernova1965 (Warren) · #8 08-11-2010, 10:16 PM

It's 2.6.10 I didn't know there was a new one is there much different in the 2.6.11 to make it worth it. My 32bit version is almost downloaded so I will advise if it works

supernova1965 (Warren) · #9 08-11-2010, 10:24 PM

Installing the 32bit GIMP worked now I just need to learn to use UFRAW