Hi All,

I've recently upgraded to to Gimp 2.8 and have added all the plugins that I had in 2.x the only thing I still miss is mathmap.
I could use it in 2.x, its in the plugin directory but is not recognized by gimp.
I've downloaded an .rpm and converted it into .deb with alien, after that I linked /usr/bin/mathmap to /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plugins/mathmap and to ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/mathmap
checking the directories shows that the link and permissions are all in order.

I've tried compiling from source so I could adjust the Makefile and set the build target to gimp 2.8 (was gimp 2.4) and did the same linking but results were none. right now I've gone back to the .deb package.

Is it even possible to get it working in gimp 2.8?? I can only find tutorials and threads about either windows install or gimp 2.0-2.4 no 2.8.

Should I accept my losses and move on or is there a workaround (or a kickass kaleidoscope plug/script) I cant find the awnser...
PS: I use Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and installed Gimp-2.8 using the 'debianizer' repo by otto-kesselgulash on launchpad.


Cheerz,



Rob

You uninstall everything related to Mathmap and try clean all Mathmap files you have in your user GIMP folder, or in "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/", "/usr/share/gimp/2.0/", "/usr/bin/" and "/usr/local/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/", "/usr/local/bin".
When you are sure you have cleaned and uninstalled everything, then try what is here indicated according the architecture of your system:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7515

Then you comment here what happened.

Hi,

Thanks for ur quick reply, I'll get right on it !!

Nope,

This is one method I already tried, its there where it should be but it doesnt show up in Gimp itself, I've also tried re-loading the plugins etc. No avail.

Maybe I should compile from source again and edit the makefile to target 2.8?

All GIMP 2.x have the same system path. The only difference is the user folder where there is gimp-2.8.
Here is a guide on how to compile MathMap:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4550
but not easy work.

It should work with the .deb package from .rpm.
You may want to uninstall and clean again everything related to MathMap and do what "rich2005" comments in the first link. Manually copying the MathMap binary (making sure it is executable) and expressions where they should go in your user folder ("/home/YOUR_USER/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/" and "/home/YOUR_USER/.gimp-2.8/mathmap/expressions/".

Also you see the message from "adam933" about dependencies. But I think those two packages are required by the .deb package, so they should be installed.

I already did that,

I followed several threads but I cant seem to get it to work. I've put some free plugins in aswell and they didnt cause any problems, so the folders must be correct too.
I've put my mathmap in exactly the same folders you gave me here.

But I must be missing a little detail, I'll pull the code from github and compile it again.
maybe I can find out more by checking the Makefile again. It searches for gtk-sourceview in the wrong directories too...

Another good kaleidoscope plugin would be welcome too, but I just cant seem to find an alternative for mathmap...

Sorry, I had edited my previous message saying something about dependencies without knowing you post a new message.
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Really I do not know what could be the problem. I'm on Kubuntu 12.04 64-bit and it has worked. Also I have GIMP from "otto" PPA.

All I can say is you are sure that the binary is executable. Also try to launch GIMP from the terminal and see if you get messages about mathmap.

kaleidoscope: an online version. I can't find the kaleidoscope.c plugin file anywhere. Seems it has disappeared off the face of the Earth.
http://www.petrileskinen.fi/Actionscrip ... scope.html

@Rod

Sources are in the archive kaleidoscope-0.10-2_32bits-64bits_gimp-2.8_Win.zip
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6653&start=20#p83992