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how to install gimp webp plugin? I found out that we can do it using with gimp-plugin-registry, but donno how. I have install gimp-plugin-registry extension for gimp from ubuntu software center, now what should i do?

I also found out that we can put plugins in /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/, so i tried to compile the gimp webp plugin src. I installed libwebp-dev and ran make in plugin source folder. It says 

Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.

so i decided to install libgtk package but i found both libgtk2.0-dev and libgtk-3-dev. Is libgtk-3-dev is latest release of the libgtk2.0-dev? If so is it ok if I installed the later one?

I want to know at least how to install the plugin with gimp-plugin-registry and i will be more happy if i can do it by compiling src.

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I've installed libgtk-3-dev and ran make and it threw same error, I carried on with libgtk2.0-dev, Now it throws Package gimp-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. There is no gimp-dev in repositories! I got stuck!

Nathan Osman
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  • possible duplicate of [Is it possible to view WebP images in nautilus / photo program?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/61443/is-it-possible-to-view-webp-images-in-nautilus-photo-program) – rds Oct 18 '13 at 12:56
  • You need to run `sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev`; that should make compilation possible. My [answer for this question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/220771/how-to-compile-deskew-plugin-for-gimp) might be helpful. –  Nov 08 '13 at 17:55
  • The latest version of the source is available here: http://registry.gimp.org/node/25874 I believe gimp 2.6 may be required – Elder Geek Jun 19 '14 at 17:54

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Note: the WebP plugin is going to be included in the next version of the Gimp (version 2.8+) as a built-in plugin (later, this plugin was shipped in GIMP 2.9 branch, and received multiple improvements). The PPA can still be used to enable WebP support in the meantime.

I have updated the packages available in the WebP PPA to the latest Ubuntu releases. After adding the PPA, you can use the plugin simply by installing the gimp-webp package.

I also migrated the plugin over to CMake, so building the plugin is a lot easier now:

  1. Install the following packages:

     sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libgimp2.0-dev libwebp-dev

  2. Checkout the source code:

     git clone https://github.com/nathan-osman/gimp-webp

  3. cd to the new directory and create a build/ directory:

     cd gimp-webp
 mkdir build
 cd build

  4. Build the plugin:

     cmake ..
 make

  5. Install the plugin:

     sudo make install

That's it!

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  • The indicated PPA doesn't work for Xenial 16.04. Error message: `E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/george-edison55/webp/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.` – Paddy Landau Aug 29 '16 at 12:32
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    @PaddyLandau I'll issue a build for Xenial. – Nathan Osman Aug 29 '16 at 17:33
  • The Xenial build works. Thank you for being so quick! – Paddy Landau Aug 29 '16 at 19:47
  • Hi @NathanOsman I couldn't find the bionic release on the repository, it's dismissed? – funder7 Jul 21 '20 at 19:03