Another issue with my new computer running Windows 10
is that GMIC does not want to work. I had no trouble
downloading, installing and using it on my Windows 7
machine.

I got the Windows 64 bit version installer from
https://gmic.eu/download.shtml. I noticed that
this installer says that it is installing for GIMP 2.4,
even though the webpage claims it is for GIMP
2.8.

After installing and adding the plugin to the
Preferences in GIMP, upon restart I get the
error message

"gmic_gimp_qt.exe - Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point g_get_home_dir_utf8
could not be located in the dynamic link library
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\biin\libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll"

I must add that I followed the installer and let it
put the gimc folder in my user directory, in
.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/gmic_gimp_qt.

Should it go into the GIMP 2 folder in Progam Files?

This is the second hiccup I am having with the move to
Windows 10.

Any help will be appreciated.

tia

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Am 31.10.2018 um 17:23 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

The procedure entry point g_get_home_dir_utf8
could not be located in the dynamic link library
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\biin\libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll"

"biin" should be "bin"!?

Chris

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:48:35 +0100, Christian Steins
<[email protected]> wrote:

Am 31.10.2018 um 17:23 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

The procedure entry point g_get_home_dir_utf8
could not be located in the dynamic link library
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\biin\libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll"

"biin" should be "bin"!?

Chris

That was a typo. I checked in

C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin

and libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll is there. But, it is dated
6 Feb 2013. Now,that is old, but I am running
GIMP 2.8.4.

Would a reinstall of GIMP 2.8 help?

tia

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Am 01.11.2018 um 22:59 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

Would a reinstall of GIMP 2.8 help?

Don't know, I have Win-7 and installation was 100% smooth.

Chris

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On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 11:00:15 +0100, Christian Steins
<[email protected]> wrote:

Am 01.11.2018 um 22:59 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

Would a reinstall of GIMP 2.8 help?

Don't know, I have Win-7 and installation was 100% smooth.

Chris

Same here. I had no problems when I installed it (quite a
while back) on my defunct Windows 7 machine.

Couple of other (very old) applications also quit working.
The GUI would not display on both. I assume the requisite
graphics stuff was gone, or moved, in Windows 10.

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On Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:59:25 -0400, Charlie Roberts wrote:

and libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll is there. But, it is dated
6 Feb 2013. Now,that is old, but I am running
GIMP 2.8.4.

That's ancient. If for some reason you don't want to upgrade to 2.10, at
least install the most recent 2.8 version (2.8.22).

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On 02/11/2018 10:00, Christian Steins wrote:

Am 01.11.2018 um 22:59 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

Would a reinstall of GIMP 2.8 help?

Don't know, I have Win-7 and installation was 100% smooth.

Chris

Gimp 2.10.6 is the latest stable version.
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

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On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 Harry Stottle wrote:

Am 01.11.2018 um 22:59 schrieb Charlie Roberts:

Don't know, I have Win-7 and installation was 100% smooth.

Chris

Gimp 2.10.6 is the latest stable version.
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

maybe the latest stable version, but G'mic isn't working for me.
I don't get it working in any 2.10.x version. Because 2.10 doesn't
support all my plugins from version 2.8.22 I try things out with the
latest 2.10.x portable version.
I'm now living in the M$ DLL hell.
Every time I start G'mic it misses another .dll file. I have all the
missing .dll's in the G'mic directory and now G'mic wants .dll's
already present and used by Gimp when it starts up.

I work still with Gimp 2.8.22 because all my plugins works as
advertised and not in 2.10.x
I use G'mic too much and as long as I don't get it working in 2.10.x
I stay with 2.8.22.

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On 11/2/2018 3:26 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote:

On Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:59:25 -0400, Charlie Roberts wrote:

and libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll is there. But, it is dated
6 Feb 2013. Now,that is old, but I am running
GIMP 2.8.4.

That's ancient. If for some reason you don't want to upgrade to 2.10, at least install the most recent 2.8 version (2.8.22).

Perhaps Charlie is running 2.8.4 because it's the latest portable GIMP?
It's the one I use mostly and it seems fine for what I do. But what do
we lidies know after it took Bruce Jenner to win woman of the year in 2015? Ella O

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On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 15:27:03 -0400, o ella <[email protected]> wrote:

On 11/2/2018 3:26 PM, Jernej Simon?i? wrote:

On Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:59:25 -0400, Charlie Roberts wrote:

and libgimpbase-2.0.0.dll is there. But, it is dated
6 Feb 2013. Now,that is old, but I am running
GIMP 2.8.4.

That's ancient. If for some reason you don't want to upgrade to 2.10, at
least install the most recent 2.8 version (2.8.22).

Perhaps Charlie is running 2.8.4 because it's the latest portable GIMP?
It's the one I use mostly and it seems fine for what I do. But what do
we lidies know after it took Bruce Jenner to win woman of the year in 2015? >Ella O

No reason other than that fact that I am not a power user and found
that I had all I needed.

That said, the move to Windows 10 got me to upgrade to 2.8.22 ...
and, lo and behold, GMIC installed smooth as silk. So, it seems
pretty much some kind of compatibility issue as the error message
(with 2.8.4) clearly complained about a method or a function.

Why not 2.10.x? Same reason as lisa. I read about people saying
that it is not quite yet in some respects.

So, that is settled for now.

But, I am still on the lookout for the solutiuon to my other problem. scale_pattern.scm does not work anymore and I suspect that has
something to do with Windows 10. A pity, as that is one fantastic
little plug-in that lisa turned me on to.

Thanks to all for the suggestions, etc.

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