gimp dependency on python 2.7

coyote_zed

coyote_zed

I was curious if there is a way to manually work around the dependency that gimp has on the py27-gimp package (at least when installing via pkg). I'm asking more so that I can learn ... definitely understand if this will come out in the wash with an update to gimp, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Especially when the py27-gimp package spits out a complaint that it's deprecated due to being based on a non-supported version of python.
 
Yeah, I have the same question. If 2021 rolls around and I need to install a new version of FreeBSD, I plan to install gimp from source, from gimp.org/source. If you scroll down that page, you'll notice that there are some dependencies you have to take care of first. Note that Python is not among them. But -- and this could be the rub -- To get those dependencies to work, they may themselves have dependencies; I haven't looked into that. And Python 2 may be among them. If so, you'll have to manually translate any Python 2 scripts to Python 3. There are tools and advice out there; it's pretty simple if you know Python.

I have the same situation with chromium, too. Sigh. Good luck, friend.
 
Do you have default_version =>python3.7 in make.conf? That might help. Check freshports if it specifically states that a py27 pkg is one of the dependencies.
 
As far as I know Gimp changed python2 to python3, but it didn't change it for plugins. I think that plugins will be in python3 in Gimp3 in future.

What Lamia says is propably true, but don't expect plugins to work.
 
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