Hi David,
Thank you for the tip here, but perhaps it does not apply to me since I am trying to install G’MIC plug-in for GIMP (2.8+ Windows installer file) after installing GIMP 2.9.8.
I did follow your advice but still cannot get GMIC to install and run. I have GIMP 2.9.8 installed, and the GMIC installation seemed to go normally. I modified the Preferences > Folders > Plugins to include the folder where I installed GMIC (v.2.1.9_pre) (C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\gmic_for_gimp\plugins).
On restarting GIMP I get a window titled “gmic_gimp_qt.exe - Entry Point Not Found”, with description “The procedure entry point FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files\GIMP 2.9\bin\libcairo-2.dll.” I do see this file, and it appears to me that string exists in it. FYI I’m running Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit.
The GIMP Output window also has 22 errors: “GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in “xyz”, Failed to execute child process (Exec format error)”,
where the message repeats 22 times for related .dll file in the gmic plugins folder.
Is there any chance you have seen this and know what I might try differently?
BTW, I did not use the .gimp folder for plugins installation since I had read elsewhere that Windows 10 prevents executing files in the Users hidden folders. Locating them in the Appdata\Roaming was recommended.
Also FYI, my User has Admin permissions.
Thank You,
…Patrick