Gimp does not pick up plugins from configured plugin path

[Vinay Sajip]

The plug-ins path (Edit | Preferences, Folders | Plug-Ins) has two entries:

/home/user/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins
/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

However, nothing in the first entry is picked up. For example, running Filters | Python-Fu | Console:

GIMP 2.6.12 Python Console
Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug 1 2012, 05:14:39)
[GCC 4.6.3]
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path
['/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins', '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-couch', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-installer', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol']
>>>

Only the /usr/lib/gimp/... location appears to be used, whih means I can't install my own Gimp plugins under my home directory. This is contrary to expectations.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 11 17:52:25 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I have reported this bug upstream. Does your plugins show up in GIMP? What plugins are affected? Thank you for giving us more information and reporting this bug!

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, I haven't read this line enough:

Only the /usr/lib/gimp/... location appears to be used, whih means I can't install my own Gimp plugins under my home directory. This is contrary to expectations.