[Partially solved] Gimp + darktable not working with Gimp 3.0.0-RC1 and current dt from master?

Software darktable
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UPDATE: issue has been solved on the darktable side (need to build from latest master) but you still need to manually copy gspawn-win64-helper-console.exe in Gimp bin directory or wait for Gimp 3 RC2. More details here.

I installed Gimp 3.0.0-RC1 (Windows) and built and installed darktable from master and Gimp doesn’t list dt in Preferences / Image Import & Export.

The –gimp version parameter seems to be working properly:

> & 'C:\Program Files\darktable\bin\darktable.exe' --gimp version

<<<gimp
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gimp>>>

Am I missing something here?

Thanks.

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Hi, it happens also with mac operating system.
It also happens with RawTherapee, as with darktable.

Edit: It also happened with Gimp 2.10.38.

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@cmyk.student or @CMYK-Student didn’t you change the plugin to work with the lates dt version?

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I believe this has been discussed as a problem from GIMP.

I see this has also been discussed on Github and it looks like it is being addressed so hopefully my next weekly build for Windows will see GIMP and DT being friends again.

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@Tobias Yes, it was working fine on Linux but there were some issues on Windows. We worked with the darktable developers to make fixes on both sides, so hopefully it will be resolved for everyone in the next releases of both software.

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Indeed there are some remaining issues since Gimp-RC1 and master darktable. Will be fixed soon!

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I’d like to mention that I first noticed this in December 2023.

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Thank you!

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darktable fix is merged

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Just FYI: rebuilt dt (Windows) and unfortunately it still doesn’t show in Gimp plugin list. I even added explicitly \Program Files\darktable\bin to the path just in case but to no avail.

On a side note: gimp 3.0RC1 + dt from today’s master (built 11/16/2024) work flawlessly with Linux Fedora 41.

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Don’t understand this, what works and what doesn’t?

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I guess he means that his own local build does not work, but the nightly build from github does ?

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lol! Sorry guys, my second sentence was incomplete: I meant that the plugin still doesn’t show up in Windows but everything works fine in Linux.

In both environments, darktable built from yesterday’s master.