GIMP 2.6.8 plugin help
 

As stated above, I am running GIMP v2.6.8 in Ubuntu v10.04.

Now for the problem: I d/l many plugins from the GIMP Plugin Registry, found a little documentation on how to install them. Now, when I try to use the GUI to copy the files from my d/l folder into /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins or /usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts (I d/l'ed python-fu and script-fu based plugins) I am presented with a permission denied error message.

Nothing that I have found has told me if I am trying the wrong folders. They simply say to put the files in ~/gimp/2.0/plug-ins(or scripts).

Can someone please let me know where and how to put these .py and .scm files where I will be able to use them?

The "~" directory is your home directory, so that would be /home/dave or somesuch. You should have a directory in this called ".gimp" or ".gimp-2.6" (note the '.' at the beginning). Inside this directory is the "plug-ins", "scripts", etc directories where you want to put the stuff you download. The directory might not show up in your file browser unless you choose "show all files", as a '.' at the beginning makes a file or directory hidden.

The /usr/lib and /usr/share directories (and subdirectories) are only supposed to be for files that are in official packages, not for additional things that are installed later.

Good luck!

Thank you, this most definately helps. I think I'm gonna re-buy that book on bash tomorrow.