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@MangoMan, gobject is not a package, it is a part of the glib2 library, which is in the core repo, and is practically required by every app, so you should have it installed. Furthermore, the gimp package has glib already listed as a dependency, meaning you should have glib2 installed before building python2-gimp, as gimp is a dependency of this package.

If you are having build errors, before marking my package out of date, please put actual debugging info, or an error message, so we can work this out.

Please, and thank you.

P.S. I was able to compile python2-gimp as it goes right now. If you are having problems, please post an error. I can't really know what's truly wrong if you just say gobject is not included in pygtk

gobject is not included in pygtk

@maderios

I updated and rebooted my system twice. when I run gimp I get the output below. after checking the output there is missing dependency or wrongly copied.

@MangoMan It builds fine for me. Update your Arch system?

there is an error that some modules can not be loaded

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/spyro_plus/spyro_plus.py", line 18, in <module>
    from gimpshelf import shelf
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpshelf.py", line 40, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/python-eval/python-eval.py", line 19, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/python-console/python-console.py", line 19, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/py-slice/py-slice.py", line 30, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/palette-to-gradient/palette-to-gradient.py", line 16, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/palette-sort/palette-sort.py", line 17, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/palette-offset/palette-offset.py", line 16, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/histogram-export/histogram-export.py", line 40, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/gradients-save-as-css/gradients-save-as-css.py", line 25, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/foggify/foggify.py", line 19, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-openraster/file-openraster.py", line 20, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/colorxhtml/colorxhtml.py", line 24, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/tokenBlack.py", line 4, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/blackout_token.py", line 4, in <module>
    from gimpfu import *
  File "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/python/gimpfu.py", line 76, in <module>
    import gimp
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: 'libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')
gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error

@orlfman, it build perfectly on both of my Arch systems. Make sure your dependencies are up to date and there's absolutely nothing jank about your install. I don't maintain the source code, all I do is maintain the PKGBUILD. Sorry.

failing to build here on arch. https://pastebin.com/1rcwyDBR

@mikegb gegl is on version 4.30 on official Arch-repos. If you are on manjaro, try install gegl-git from the AUR, then try building again.

I'm unable to update (in pamac) eventually getting a version error in gegl (installed 0.4.28 from Official Repositories [extra]) requires >0.4.30

I updated the PKGBUILD to allow the latest autoconf; thanks fleger for telling me this.