[Solved] Folder permissions

[Brian W]

I am trying to change user permissions for a folder but am being told the folder doesn't exist.

I am writing sudo chmod 766 /usr/lib/GIMP/2.0/plug-ins I have tried with "gimp" in lower case but the same thing.

[Northpoint]

Debian 12:

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coffee@buster:/usr/lib/gimp/2.0$ ls -l
total 16
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 environ
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 interpreters
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 modules
drwxr-xr-x 123 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 plug-ins

lower case. What does your output show?

[Brian W]

Debian 12:

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coffee@buster:/usr/lib/gimp/2.0$ ls -l
total 16
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 environ
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 interpreters
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 modules
drwxr-xr-x 123 root root 4096 Aug 15 09:31 plug-ins

lower case. What does your output show?

What do I use instead of coffee@buster?

[Northpoint]

Just do this :

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ls -l /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/

coffee@buster:/usr/lib/gimp/2.0$ is just my prompt in the term window

[Brian W]

I have:

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Jan 16 2023 environ
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28 Jan 16 2023 interpreters
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 502 Jan 16 2023 modules
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2430 Mar 30 18:51 plug-ins

[Northpoint]

Why do you need to change permissions on the plugins directory?

[Northpoint]

In any case, do this:

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cd /usr/lib/gimp/2.0

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sudo chmod 766 plug-ins

Note the original permissions on it are 755 in case something breaks.

[Brian W]

Thank you. I wanted to be able to remove the old G'mic qt plugin and put in a later version using a GUI. I don't understand why the gimp compilers put it there instead of the user folder. Anyway, after following your instructions, I now just get a permanent "busy" cursor when I try to open the plugins folder. I might have to change it back and find out how to replace plugins using terminal.

EDIT: 777 worked. Now I have an upgraded and updated gmic. Thank you so much for your help - it really is appreciated!

[Northpoint]

Anytime, I am glad I could help