Subject: | perl cannot create gimp process from command-line |
For one reason or another, doing the Gimp-Perl installation (calling 'perl Makefile.PL') fails to set the GIMP configuration option ultimately stored in Gimp/Config.pm . If you run a perl-fu script from the command line, it SHOULD open up a new gimp or talk to the existing gimp process, but FAILS giving a 'protocol error (1)'. This can be bypassed by running the 'Perl Server' script (I suppose because of using a DIFFERENT communications protocol), but it is CLEARLY documented that the script should start gimp itself if needed.
A temporary fix that got it installed correctly is passing GIMP to Makefile.PL:
perl Makefile.PL GIMP=/usr/bin/gimp