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App plugin integration on a foreign distro (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by oeuf@slrpnk.net to c/guix@lemmy.ml

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Just been trying out using guix as a package manager on Debian and have a question: I've been able to install and run GIMP using Guix but it isn't picking up my plugins. Why is this, and what would I need to do to make them work?

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[–] nixfreak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

This sounds like a path issue.

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you can, please open an issue on Guix' codeberg issue tracker. This is most likely a packaging issue with GIMP

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you think there might be missing dependencies? As I'm so new to Guix there is a strong possibility that the problem is due my own oversight or misuse and I wouldn't want to give anyone the run around!

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

no. this should work out of the box

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OK. Will try to find time to make an account and document the problem. Is codeberg the place?

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yes, it is.

File under https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Just filed a report. Only the first 50 or so characters I write there seem to get actually displayed on the page once posted. Will have to assume that Codeberg afficionados will know how to reveal the rest somehow or I will lose my mind re-posting it!

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've never used gimp so i don't know much about it, but how did you install the plugins? Can gimp read plugins from your home directory? If not it's possible that plugins would also have to be packaged in guix because of some fhs shenanigans.

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, gimp can (ordinarily) read plugins from the home directory. It seems that the guix install of GIMP is isolated somehow. I've installed a plugin using guix and that isn't accessible either though, despite both it and GIMP being installed as guix packages.

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Hmm, that is weird then. I'm not sure why it would be any different from a regular gimp install at that point. Wish i could be of help.