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problem installing help files on v.2.2.3

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problem installing help files on v.2.2.3 ino 18 Feb 18:35
  problem installing help files on v.2.2.3 Craig Marshall 18 Feb 19:01
ino
2005-02-18 18:35:44 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

problem installing help files on v.2.2.3

Hello:

I just installed in my PC (WinXP/SP1) the new Gimp 2.2.3 & It is Fantastic. I only had a minor problem that I resolved partially. I'm not a programmer & my explanation could be somewhat weird, so my sincere apologies & hope you could understand & give me a hand with it.

When I began working with the Gimp, every time I tried to use the "help user manual" a message window appeared telling me that it could not find the help files & showed me the location where they should be (C/program files/Gimp-2.2/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-help.XML). So, I clicked my way through & the following is what happened:

1. There was no help folder installed + (en/gimp-help.XML---also missing), I created a new folder called help inside folder 2.0 & then a new folder called en inside the new help folder.
2. I unzipped the Zip Help File (gimp-help-2-0.6.tar) which I downloaded from WWW.gimp.com & looked for an "en" file (which I found after I extracted the files to a new folder I made on the desktop). I found the two files I were looking for (en and gimp-help.XML). I found them on Desktop/New Folder/gimp-help-2-0.6/html/en/gimp-help.

3. I double clicked the en folder "select & paste" all to the new en folder I created.

Now, I can use the "help user manual", GREAT!. But the images that should appeared with the "help file manual" are not present (I only see the boxed red cross. & that is the situation, How do I install the Help files?

Thanks;

ino

Craig Marshall
2005-02-18 19:01:14 UTC (almost 20 years ago)

problem installing help files on v.2.2.3

Hi,

As you are using Windows, there is an easy way to install the help files. There's an installer for the help at this website: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html -- Look for Gimp Help 2 under the "Additional Packages" heading.

Alternatively, you can try to copy the images folder from the tarball that you downloaded. I don't have a copy of the tarball, but the images folder is installed to the same level as the en folder. So - go to the same place you copied the en folder from, and look for an images folder?

Craig