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I have Kubuntu 12.04.01 with GIMP 2.06. On a previous installation I used DBP . I found it worked well on resizing images, and want to re-install it. Although I managed before, I cannot now remember how, though there must have been an easy way to do it! Can anyone help, please?

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This answer was updated by author in early 2012 ...

Perhaps for you will be actual more to use new versions instead dbp-1.1.5.

Guide by Dave Duncan.

Download the tgz file to your desktop from DBP archive

Open a terminal, and run the following: 

sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++

You may be prompted for a Yes/No answer here (confirming the use of hard drive space). Just type ‘y’ and hit enter. Then, enter the following: 

cd /usr/src/

In the next command, substitute “[username]” with your username.
Then continue, entering the following commands in turn each time you get a fresh command prompt. 

sudo tar -xvzf /home/[username]/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-5.tgz
cd dbp-1.1.5

Then build, and install package: 

sudo make
make install

Once all that is done, open up GIMP and go to (UPDATE Jan.2012):
Filters >> Batch Process
From the dropdown, select Batch Process and the world is your oyster!
Let me know if this works well for you.

Dave Duncan

Enjoy!

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    Thanks Dave, this went fine until the third line of code, once I realised I'd downloaded version1-1-9 rather than 1-1-5. Then the following: – WGCman Dec 01 '12 at 15:27
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    Thanks Dave, this went fine until the third line of code, once I realised I'd downloaded version1-1-9 rather than 1-1-5. Then I got an error message: ' myuname@myuname-P5K:/usr/src$ cd dbp-1.1.9 myuname@myuname-P5K:/usr/src/dbp-1.1.9$ make g++ -o dbp -Wall -O2 -I. .cc -pthread ....... -lglib-2.0 -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
    make install/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file dbp: Permission denied collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make:     ** [dbp] Error 1 ' I have omitted much as there is a limit on the characters allowed in a comment. Should I try to revert to 1-1-5 if I can find it?     – WGCman Dec 01 '12 at 15:41
  • try to use sudo make instead make ... and make install without changes as regular user ... and I am not Dave :) – swift Dec 01 '12 at 16:34
  • Thanks, swift; cd dbp-1.1.5 is accepted, but ' sudo make' gives same error, a small part of which runs ' GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED dbp.cc: In function ‘void query()’: ….. : error: ‘GtkSignalFunc’ was not declared in this scope... gui.cc:71:17: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘fn’... gui.cc:849:57: error: ‘GTK_FILE_SELECTION’ was not declared in this scope... ' There is not the space in this comment to reproduce the whole error message. – WGCman Dec 01 '12 at 23:21
  • please post your error listing into ubuntu pastebin and post link ... perhaps you need to update your GIMP to version 2.6 (and use dbp-1.1.9) and also important your compiler configuration/libraries also should be updated. Cite: "You will need g++ and the gimp development packages for the appropriate Gimp version - if you can compile C++ and can build any other Gimp plugin, you should have no problems. The Makefiles are very primitive and can be edited directly if needed." It means solution exist, just some going wrong. – swift Dec 01 '12 at 23:45
  • Thus if sudo make have errors means no point to run make install yet – swift Dec 01 '12 at 23:51
  • refer this answer to update your GIMP to 2.6 ... dbp-1.1.9 and GIMP2.6 works good on 12.04 ... don't forget to update your gimp development packages before compilation. – swift Dec 02 '12 at 07:16
  • and refer this guide to update and configure your compiler environment... – swift Dec 02 '12 at 07:28
  • THanks,again. I found the pastebin difficult, but believe I succeeded in posting the error ext with pastebin ref# 1404227. – WGCman Dec 02 '12 at 10:13
  • I have not Upgraded to GIMP 2.8 - still on 2.6.12. Do I therefore need to update as suggested in your last two messages? If so do I need all of this guide ? - it looks really long! – WGCman Dec 02 '12 at 10:23
  • ok ... just need to say even though "this guide" is very complex way - it proposes most reliable method to maintain compiler workflow for Precise Pangolin ... however, sure, you can try any other official guide, like this: Compiling Easy How To or this: Compiling Software ... all these guides looks long :) – swift Dec 02 '12 at 11:44
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    These instructions worked perfectly for me on Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring), Gimp 2.8, and dbp 1.1.9 out of the box. – gregtzar Jun 16 '14 at 23:18
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At last I now have DBP in my GIMP in which I acknowledge help from swift (above) the community and the author's blog, which I advise anyone wanting DBP to read.

Whilst I was trying to install, I looked for DBP under the Script Fu tab. It is now under Filters, so I don't know how many of the steps below were actually necessary; anyway here's what I did:

Download the tgz file to your desktop from DBP archive
I downloaded http://www.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz There may be a later one, which would amend the following slightly.

Open a terminal, and run the following: 

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++
cd /usr/src/sudo tar -xvzf /home/MyUserName/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz
cd dbp-1.1.9

Then I went to File manager (Dolphin), navigated to root/usr/src/dbp1.1.9. Firstly I right clicked on every file then selected Properties>Permissions to ensure that MyUserName was owner then checked the “is executable” box. I then opened the file Makefile with GNU Emacs and amended the sixth line to read #NODEPS = -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED.

Then back to the terminal...

sudo make
make install

I hope that this will help other inexperienced users who want to install this excellent plug-in.

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