* Helen [07-09-08 11:49]:

I'm re-installing my OS (Linux, SuSE11) and I want to make sure I don't lose the Gimp brushes I've created.

Can anyone tell me what file I should back up, to make sure I get all the brushes?

This is version 2.2.10 of Gimp.

I would think: ~/.gimp-2.2/brushes/

but I'm still on openSUSE 10.1..

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Helen wrote:

(I apologize if this gets on the list twice. I mailed the question an hour and a half ago, and think I may have done something wrong, as I don't see it yet.)

I'm re-installing my OS (Linux, SuSE11) and I want to make sure I don't lose the
Gimp brushes I've created.

Can anyone tell me what file I should back up, to make sure I get all the brushes?

This is version 2.2.10 of Gimp.

Thanks much, Helen

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using Linux, SuSE 10

Hello Helen,

I don't think a GIMP install is distro-specific? However, to be on the safe side, why not make and save a tarball of the entire ~/.gimp2.2 directory?

[~]$ tar -czvf gimp2.2.tar.gz ~/.gimp2.2/

That command, if executed from your home directory (which is where .gimp2.2 is probably located) should make a tarball of the whole .gimp2.2 directory.

Hopefully helpful.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Helen wrote:

Thank you Patrick.
A Q. for bhaaluu:
Then when I untar, woulnd't the old files overwrite the new Gimp? The new SuSE
install will give me the latest Gimp -- I'd hate to overwrite the new version with the
old.

As someone else pointed out, when you install The GIMP 2.4, it looks for the old Gimp 2.2 directory, and if it finds it, it asks you if you want to keep your old settings, otherwise, it writes a new directory. Wouldn't Gimp 2.4 install itself in ~/.gimp2.4 ???

If you make a tarball of the ~/.gimp2.2/ directory, when you untar it, it will create ~/.gimp2.2/ and put the tarball contents in that directory. So you'll
probably have two gimp directories: .gimp2.2 and .gimp2.4.

The tarball is just a backup.

To see where a tarball will put its contents, without untarring anything, do this:

[~]$ tar -tzvf gimp2.2.tar.gz

The 't' option means 'test'. You can also pipe it to 'more':

[~]$ tar -tzvf gimp2.2.tar.gz | more

Hopefully helpful.

* Helen [07-09-08 12:52]:

Thank you Patrick.

:^)

A Q. for bhaaluu:

maybe I can help

Then when I untar, woulnd't the old files overwrite the new Gimp? The new SuSE install will give me the latest Gimp -- I'd hate to overwrite the new version with the old.

no, since your new install with have a newer version of gimp, ie: ~/.gimp-2.2/
vs
~/.gimp-2.4/

BUT, for the new version of gimp to see and import your brushes, the tar ball would need to be extracted and in place *before* you install the newer gimp for the install to *import* old settings/etc., iianm.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:04 PM, bhaaluu wrote:

I don't think a GIMP install is distro-specific? However, to be on the safe side, why not make and save a tarball of the entire ~/.gimp2.2 directory?

[~]$ tar -czvf gimp2.2.tar.gz ~/.gimp2.2/

That command, if executed from your home directory (which is where .gimp2.2 is probably located) should make a tarball of the whole .gimp2.2 directory.

My gimp 2.3 offers additional paths to brushes, environment, .... that are selectable, so you may be able to un-tar and then restart gimp and open configuration to add the prior elements/paths.