Installation Directions Are Not Correct #1
Description
I ran "git clone https://github.com/mstampfer/gimp-mcp-gateway" to install this gateway and it seems to be okay.
In the "Step 2: Run Setup Script" section it says:
chmod +x setup_gimp_mcp.sh
./setup_gimp_mcp.sh
There isn't a "setup_gimp_mcp.sh" in the repository. I'm assuming that the reference should be for "./gimp_mcp_setup.sh"
The next issue is: When running ./gimp_mcp_setup.sh, it fails.
This is the error message:
Setting up GIMP MCP Server for Claude Code...
Installing Python dependencies...
error: externally-managed-environment
× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
install.
If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
sure you have python3-full installed.
If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
See /usr/share/doc/python3.11/README.venv for more information.
note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
I'm not a python expert. I thing the installation fails because there needs to be venv or virtual environment installed. I don't know what is required to make the gateway work in this environment.
My system info:
[CODE]Snapshot created on: 20250518_1131
System:
Kernel: 6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.14-13mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 clocksource: tscmx23ahs (LLVM 15.0.6)
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID= ro quiet nomodeset splash
init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto April 13
2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI v: -CF serial:
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI serial:
uuid: UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F38f date: 09/20/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA20102B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2295 min/max: 2200/3700 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2295 2: 2295 3: 2295 4: 2295 5: 2295 6: 2295 7: 2295 8: 2295 9: 2295
10: 2295 11: 2295 12: 2295 bogomips: 88799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD106 [GeForce RTX 4060 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.65.06
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04)
arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-2
empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2803 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 678x382mm (26.69x15.04") s-diag: 778mm (30.64")
Monitor-1: DP-2 note: disabled model: Acer XV273K V3 serial: built: 2024 res:
mode: 3840x2160 hz: 160 scale: 150% (0.666666666666667) to: 2560x1440 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 580.65.06 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 15.62 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
driver: nvidia v: 580.65.06 device-ID: 10de:2803 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.7-2
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
gpu: nvidia-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD106M High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4
chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api with: apulse type: pulse-emulator
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac:
Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, nginx, smbd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10 sub-v: 100
hci-v: 10 rev: 100 class-ID: 100104
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
service-classes: object transfer
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 49.16 TiB used: 22.66 TiB (46.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Inland model: SATA SSD size: 1.86 TiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 9A0 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial:
fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000NM0105 size: 7.28 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: fw-rev: G00A
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000NM0105 size: 7.28 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: fw-rev: G00A
scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital model: WD60EZAZ-00SF3B0 size: 5.46 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial:
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 size: 7.28 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial:
fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 vendor: Seagate model: BUP Portable size: 4.55 TiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
tech: N/A serial: fw-rev: 0004 scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 vendor: Western Digital model: WD160EDGZ-11B2DA0 size: 14.55 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: fw-rev: 1031 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 930.25 GiB size: 914.57 GiB (98.31%) used: 117.38 GiB (12.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 180.9 MiB (18.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 290 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: 3007 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2999 libs: 1405 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, synaptic
pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 8
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/contrib.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-debian11-11-8-local.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-CFB56B08-keyring.gpg] file: ///var/cuda-repo-debian11-11-8-local /
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-debian12-x86_64.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-archive-keyring.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/ /
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
Memory: total: N/A available: 62.73 GiB used: 3.73 GiB (5.9%)
Processes: 456 Power: uptime: 4h 55m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 25.03 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5)
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 11 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI[/CODE]