We did it!
Removing the files you suggested didn't solve the problem, so I removed GIMP with Fink and then did a Mass Destruction of anything on the system that contained "gimp" (except the .png files and that sort of thing). Then, I updated my Fink installation and installed GIMP from scratch with Fink Commander. The missing files appeared in the /sw/etc directory, the configuration went correctly, and it imports pictures now.
Thanks VERY much for your help. I couldn't have done it without you.
-- Tom
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 12:27 PM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
That's odd: those files should indeed be part of the gimp package. Go ahead and try deleting /sw/etc/gimp/1.2/ and do a reinstall. If that fails, then you may have a bad .deb file for gimp.
In this case, you'll want to go into
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives as well as
sw/fink/dists/10.2/main/(un)stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/graphics
and
/sw/fink/debs
and delete any gimp deb files (but not necessarily those one for gimp-shlibs) with "sudo rm" Then try the same binary install method again.
I guess what happened is that I forgot that "apt-get install --reinstall" uses debs on your system just like "fink install" does.
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Tom Dove wrote:
Alexander,
We may be on the right track.
I reinstalled GIMP according to your directions, and there was no change in its behavior when I tried to open a picture file. Then, I removed the .gimp directory from my home directory so it would run the installer when I started it up. That happened, and this came up during the installation:
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2
cp /sw/etc/gimp/1.2/gimprc_user /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gimprc
cp: cannot stat `/sw/etc/gimp/1.2/gimprc_user': No such file or directory
cp /sw/etc/gimp/1.2/unitrc /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/unitrc
cp: cannot stat `/sw/etc/gimp/1.2/unitrc': No such file or directory
cp /sw/etc/gimp/1.2/gtkrc_user /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gtkrc
cp: cannot stat `/sw/etc/gimp/1.2/gtkrc_user': No such file or directory
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/brushes
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/generated_brushes
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gradients
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/palettes
cp /sw/share/gimp/1.2/palettes/* /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/palettes
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/patterns
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/modules
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/scripts
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/tmp
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/curves
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/levels
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/fractalexplorer
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gfig
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gflare
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist/Brushes
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist/Paper
mkdir /Users/tom/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist/Presets
On checking /sw/etc/gimp/1.2/, I see that the only file there is gimprc. I suspect this is the problem, but where do the files in that directory come from? Shouldn't they have been installed with the GIMP installation? I'm tempted to delete that entire directory and reinstall GIMP with Fink, but am not sure that's the thing to do.
-- Tom
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