GIMP installation for Print Creator tool

Thu Jul 24 07:30:00 BST 2025

When installing GIMP, select "for all users." GIMP will be installed in the 
"Program Files" folder, and digiKam should find it automatically.

For installation only for the current user, you need to enable the native file 
dialog in the digiKam settings and set the Windows options to show hidden 
folders so you can navigate to AppData/Local...

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2025, 01:10:26 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
wpurves at compuserve.com:
> Thanks Gilles. My version is 8.7.0 running on Win11
> Build Date:
> 6/29/2025 11:01 AM
> Build Target: RelWithDebInfo
> Build Architecture: x86_64
> Git Revision: 4a1...860f
> Git Branch: HEAD
> 
> I note the discussion link provided is mainly reacting to MacOS version, but
> there's a note that Win11 might be similar, but I'm not sure what to do
> with that info. Thanks,
> 
> Bill Purves
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>    1. Digikam 8.7 sendet Bilder NICHT mit email (Heinrich Hammer)
>    2. GIMP installation for Print Creator tool (wpurves at compuserve.com)
>    3. Re: Digikam 8.7 sendet Bilder NICHT mit email (Gilles Caulier)
>    4. Re: GIMP installation for Print Creator tool (Gilles Caulier)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:54:32 +0000
> From: Heinrich Hammer <heinrich-hammer at posteo.de>
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: Digikam 8.7 sendet Bilder NICHT mit email
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> Hallo,
> 
> ich nutze neu UBUNTU 25.04 und digiKam 8.7.
> 
> Senden von Bildern mit Email funktioniert nicht.
> 
> DigiKam macht die Liste der Bilder nicht!
> 
> Mit 8.5 hat das gut funktioniert.
> 
> Was kann ich tun?
> 
> Wo sind die digiKam-Spezialisten die sich darum kümmern?
> 
> Vielen Dank
> 
> Heiner
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> From: "wpurves at compuserve.com" <wpurves at compuserve.com>
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> I am new to digiKam, and am trying to print a collage. The print dialog is
> looking for a gimp.exe file, which I downloaded and installed, but the
> dialog cannot find it because it installed in my hidden file AppData, which
> the dialog can't see despite the fact that I'm showing hidden files in
> Explorer. Further, the dialog forces you to look for a file type of
> "gimp.exe", when it actually should be just ".exe". How do I get the dialog
> to find the gimp-3.exe file? Uninstall and try to reinstall into a
> different folder that's visible, if the install gives me an option? Then if
> I can do that how do I get the dialog to recognize it? Thanks for any help.
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:23:23 +0200
> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: Re: Digikam 8.7 sendet Bilder NICHT mit email
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> Hi,
> 
> If you use Snap bundle, It work in a sandbox env. and interoperability
> with external applications is very limited. We don't manage Snap (and
> Flatpak too) bundles, it's managed by 3rd party teams.
> 
> Use the Linux AppImage bundle that we support, there is no limitation
> at all. It's compiled under Ubuntu 22.04 for binary compatibility.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le mar. 22 juil. 2025 à 23:49, Heinrich Hammer
> 
> <heinrich-hammer at posteo.de> a écrit :
> > Hallo,
> > 
> > ich nutze neu UBUNTU 25.04 und digiKam 8.7.
> > 
> > Senden von Bildern mit Email funktioniert nicht.
> > 
> > DigiKam macht die Liste der Bilder nicht!
> > 
> > Mit 8.5 hat das gut funktioniert.
> > 
> > Was kann ich tun?
> > 
> > Wo sind die digiKam-Spezialisten die sich darum kümmern?
> > 
> > Vielen Dank
> > 
> > Heiner
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:26:34 +0200
> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> To: "digikam-users at kde.org" <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: GIMP installation for Print Creator tool
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>         <CAHFG6sH6AijyCc24ZbEcUcG_Sv5S_18uxWTj5yCatMuDgjM85Q at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi,
> 
> Which digiKam version did you use ? Typically, this problem have been
> fixed before 8.7.0 release.
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505650
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le mer. 23 juil. 2025 à 00:32, wpurves at compuserve.com
> 
> <wpurves at compuserve.com> a écrit :
> > I am new to digiKam, and am trying to print a collage. The print dialog is
> > looking for a gimp.exe file, which I downloaded and installed, but the
> > dialog cannot find it because it installed in my hidden file AppData,
> > which the dialog can't see despite the fact that I'm showing hidden files
> > in Explorer. Further, the dialog forces you to look for a file type of
> > "gimp.exe", when it actually should be just ".exe". How do I get the
> > dialog to find the gimp-3.exe file? Uninstall and try to reinstall into a
> > different folder that's visible, if the install gives me an option? Then
> > if I can do that how do I get the dialog to recognize it? Thanks for any
> > help.
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