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Bug 481576

Summary: gimp python bindings (gimpfu) won't work
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Horea Christian <gentoo>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Sebastian Pipping <sping>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Horea Christian 2013-08-18 20:59:39 UTC 
A series of gimp functions should be callable via python, as described here: http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/

I have a /usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py file - but " from gimpfu import * " in python tells me there's no such module.
Comment 1 Horea Christian 2013-08-18 21:00:05 UTC 
chymera@desktophost ~ $ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.12.13 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.17, 3.9.4-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.9.4-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     5094564 total,     53400 free
KiB Swap:    2097148 total,   1418120 free
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:35:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p45
dev-java/java-config:     2.2.0
dev-lang/python:          2.7.5, 3.2.5-r1, 3.3.2-r1
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.11.1
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.6, 1.13.4, 1.14
sys-devel/binutils:       2.23.1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.7.3
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.9 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.17
Repositories: gentoo science
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync metadata-transfer news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/sci"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli colord consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif fam fat flac fortran gconf gdbm gif gimp gnome gnome-online-accounts gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk iconv imap introspection ipv6 jpeg lcms libnotify libsecret mad mmkeys mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses nls nptl ntfs ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pulseaudio readline sdl session socialweb spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg tcpd tiff trayicon truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xml xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de en ru ro fr" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-4" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Comment 2 Horea Christian 2013-08-18 21:00:35 UTC 
chymera@desktophost ~ $ eix -I gimp
[I] media-gfx/gimp
     Available versions:  (2) 2.6.12-r5 (~)2.8.2 (~)2.8.2-r1 (~)2.8.4 (~)2.8.6 **9999
       {aalib alsa altivec bzip2 curl dbus debug doc exif gnome jpeg jpeg2k lcms mmx mng pdf png postscript python smp sse svg tiff udev webkit wmf xpm LINGUAS="am ar ast az be bg br ca ca@valencia cs csb da de dz el en_CA en_GB eo es et eu fa fi fr ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it ja ka kk km kn ko lt lv mk ml mr ms my nb nds ne nl nn oc or pa pl pt pt_BR ro ru rw si sk sl sr sr@latin sv ta te th tr tt uk vi xh yi zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW"}
     Installed versions:  2.8.6(2)(22:16:33 18.08.2013)(alsa bzip2 dbus exif gnome jpeg lcms mmx mng pdf png python sse svg tiff udev -aalib -altivec -curl -debug -doc -jpeg2k -postscript -smp -webkit -wmf -xpm LINGUAS="de fr ro ru -am -ar -ast -az -be -bg -br -ca -ca@valencia -cs -csb -da -dz -el -en_CA -en_GB -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -ga -gl -gu -he -hi -hr -hu -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -km -kn -ko -lt -lv -mk -ml -ms -my -nb -nds -ne -nl -nn -oc -pa -pl -pt -pt_BR -rw -si -sk -sl -sr -sr@latin -sv -ta -te -th -tr -tt -uk -vi -xh -yi -zh_CN -zh_HK -zh_TW")
     Homepage:            http://www.gimp.org/
     Description:         GNU Image Manipulation Program
Comment 3 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2013-08-18 21:51:45 UTC 
Just a quick reply for now ..


Potential ways to address this problem seem to be:

 - Extend PYTHONPATH system-wide

 - Add workaround symlinks

 - Expect the user/developer to extend PYTHONPATH him/herself

Any other options?


In Debian, gimpfu.py is located [1] at

  /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py

I will check how that works out in practice, when I have my hands on a Debian desktop the next few days.


[1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/gimp/filelist
Comment 4 Horea Christian 2013-08-19 00:10:02 UTC 
Yeah, I tried adding the dir to the path myself.

'''

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
sys.path.append("/usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/python/")
from os import path, listdir
from gimpfu import *
#~ import pdb


input_folder = "/home/chymera/src/pyxrand/orig1"

for pic_name in listdir (input_folder):
    pic_path = input_folder + pic_name
    im = pdb.file_jpeg_load(pic_path, pic_path)
    print im
    break

'''

This little bit of code fails with:

(process:24875): LibGimpBase-ERROR **: gimp_wire_write_msg: the wire protocol has not been initialized
Trace/breakpoint trap
Comment 5 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2013-09-15 19:23:17 UTC 
So on Debian "from gimpfu import *" does not seem to work either.
This is sys.path over there:

  [
    "",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload",
    "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0",
    "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7",
    "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode",
  ]

I dare to close the bug.  If you see need to re-open, I will need your help with an appropriate way to address the issue.