Upgrade

pierpiotr · **Joined:** Jan 02, 2015 **Posts:** 4

Hello you all,
This is really a dummy question : how to upgrade G'MIC on GIMP / Linux (64b) ?
I've checked Readme, forum, etc... It seems obvious to all and I feel really left out :oops:

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:05 am **(#2)**

Until someone with Linux lets you know how you could use the online version
https://gmicol.greyc.fr/

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

isnt there a circular arrow that you can click when G'Mic is open which updates it

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2612

If you need to update the actual gmic file the only way is download and replace.
download from here
http://gmic.eu/

unzip and copy/replace the gmic_gimp file to your ~/gimp-2.8/plug-ins

It should already be marked as executable, but check anyway.

pierpiotr · **Joined:** Jan 02, 2015 **Posts:** 4

Thank you rich005,
The pb is that ~/gimp-2.8/plug-ins is not writable. There should be a command line instead of drag & drop. I need to check that.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2612

pierpiotr wrote:

Thank you rich005,
The pb is that ~/gimp-2.8/plug-ins is not writable. There should be a command line instead of drag & drop. I need to check that.

Oh dear,

Remember your gimp profile is a hidden folder and you need to enable hidden in your file manager.
Also ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins is in your home directory and is owned by you with read/write permissions.

If you can not copy there with whatever file manager you are using then you have a big problem.

Did you possibly install the existing version either from your package manager (synaptic or maybe gdebi or ...) or maybe using the gmic deb package? where you have to be root?