Resynthesizer plug-in for Gimp 2.10.18 not working properly

**claus** · August 12th, 2020

Hi all,

a few weeks ago, I found the resynthesizer plug-in for Gimp 2.10 & installed it according to this threat, but I cannot a) create textures, or b) perform 'Heal selection'. Filters > Map > Resynthesize is there alright, but Filters > Enhance > Heal selection isn't there.

My Gimp plug-ins folder looks like this:

https://claus-cyrny.net/wordpress/wp...2-19-46-09.png

What can I do to make this plug-in work, particularly for creating near-linear textures.

TIA,

Claus

**ajgreeny** · August 12th, 2020

Are you running the repository version of Gimp or the snap?
Let's see the output of snap list in terminal.

If using the snap I'm afraid snap sandboxing means that plugins (all of them I believe) will be blocked and not work.
You can have both the snap and the repository version installed at the same time so if you currently have the snap, now install from the repos with sudo apt install gimp and se if that solves your problem.

**claus** · August 13th, 2020

Hi,

I don't have the snap version installed, just the "normal" version in the repos.

Claus

**ajgreeny** · August 13th, 2020

Ah well; there goes my best, and I'm afraid, my only idea for a solution.

I don't use gimp enough to have any plugins added, just the basic application, so I will have to leave this to others to hopefully help you better than I am able to.

**shantiq** · August 14th, 2020

ok Claus never heard about resynthesizer so thanx really cool tool and will use it

here is a great video for the guys who want to find out how to use it

So first of all I replicated what you said you did:

regular 2.10.18 for 20.04

and installed the plugins you linked to ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins

THis is what i got confirming there is a kink in python working with this version of gimp as is:

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So read around and there is AN EASY FIX:

Code:

sudo apt install python-cairo python-gobject-2

[I already had that it said you may need it]

In terminal:

Code:

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gimp/gimp-python_2.10.8-2_amd64.deb

THEN:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i python-gtk2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i gimp-python_2.10.8-2_amd64.deb

And then:

Hope it sorts out your problem ....

**claus** · August 14th, 2020

Originally Posted by shantiq

ok Claus never heard about resynthesizer so thanx really cool tool and will use it ...
Hope it sorts out your problem ....

Hi,

thanks a lot. Now the plug-in is there where it's supposed to be (Filters > Enhance > Heal selection...).

Greetings,

Claus

P. S.: With 'Heal Selection...' one not only can remove objects, it is also possible to create so-called near-linear textures. They have much more variety than tiling textures; they don't look so uniform.