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I have Kubuntu 12.04.01 with GIMP 2.06. On a previous installation I used DBP . I found it worked well on resizing images, and want to re-install it. Although I managed before, I cannot now remember how, though there must have been an easy way to do it! Can anyone help, please?

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This answer was updated by author in early 2012 ...

Perhaps for you will be actual more to use new versions instead dbp-1.1.5.

Guide by Dave Duncan.

Download the tgz file to your desktop from DBP archive

Open a terminal, and run the following: 

sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++

You may be prompted for a Yes/No answer here (confirming the use of hard drive space). Just type ‘y’ and hit enter. Then, enter the following: 

cd /usr/src/

In the next command, substitute “[username]” with your username.
Then continue, entering the following commands in turn each time you get a fresh command prompt. 

sudo tar -xvzf /home/[username]/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-5.tgz
cd dbp-1.1.5

Then build, and install package: 

sudo make
make install

Once all that is done, open up GIMP and go to (UPDATE Jan.2012):
Filters >> Batch Process
From the dropdown, select Batch Process and the world is your oyster!
Let me know if this works well for you.

Dave Duncan

Enjoy!

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At last I now have DBP in my GIMP in which I acknowledge help from swift (above) the community and the author's blog, which I advise anyone wanting DBP to read.

Whilst I was trying to install, I looked for DBP under the Script Fu tab. It is now under Filters, so I don't know how many of the steps below were actually necessary; anyway here's what I did:

Download the tgz file to your desktop from DBP archive
I downloaded http://www.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz There may be a later one, which would amend the following slightly.

Open a terminal, and run the following: 

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++
cd /usr/src/sudo tar -xvzf /home/MyUserName/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz
cd dbp-1.1.9

Then I went to File manager (Dolphin), navigated to root/usr/src/dbp1.1.9. Firstly I right clicked on every file then selected Properties>Permissions to ensure that MyUserName was owner then checked the “is executable” box. I then opened the file Makefile with GNU Emacs and amended the sixth line to read #NODEPS = -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED.

Then back to the terminal...

sudo make
make install

I hope that this will help other inexperienced users who want to install this excellent plug-in.

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