gimp: error while loading shared libraries: libgegl-0.0.so.0: cannot open shared obje

[Senior_Buckethead]

I installed gimp, but it wouldnt start. So I ran it from the command line and got the following errors:

glenn@acer:~$ gimp
gimp: error while loading shared libraries: libgegl-0.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
glenn@acer:~$

I then ran dpkg to isolate the error:

glenn@acer:~$dpkg -l gimp
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  gimp           2.6.12-1ubuntu The GNU Image Manipulation Program
glenn@acer:~$

What is the error? How can I fix it?

[Senior_Buckethead]

Solved the problem. Ran the following:

 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge gimp libgegl* libbabl*
sudo apt-get install gimp
sudo apt-get clean

That fixed it.

See:http://www.noobslab.com/2012/04/fixe...ng-shared.html

[vangop]

Same error, but this solution is (recommended everywhere) won't work. Still get the same problem after the reinstall.

[Senior_Buckethead]

Have you tried going to synaptic and manually finding and removing the packages, if apt wont do it?

[cirosantilli]

This was not working for me either, I had to first REMOVE the old gimp mathaeus ppas (I'm on Ubuntu 12.04):

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo rm matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list.save

Then remove Gimp and reinstall as indicated on the above answers:

sudo apt-get remove gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge gimp libgegl* libbabl*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install gimp

Don't ask me why it worked...

[Senior_Buckethead]

Your right that does work. Now Il start loading extras on to see what was the culprit.

And I have a fix that will install Gimp 2.8 from ppa. You dont need to uninstall the old version of gimp first.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry

Here is the reference: http://www.noobslab.com/2012/04/inst...4-precise.html.

The only thing that I found I had to do was delete the gimp desktop icon that I had dragged from the menu, and drag the new icon from menu to the desktop (if you want desktop icons like me). It will run from the menu icon and also from command line.

Happy gimping.

[bjverde]

This was not working for me either, I had to first REMOVE the old gimp mathaeus ppas (I'm on Ubuntu 12.04):

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo rm matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list.save

Then remove Gimp and reinstall as indicated on the above answers:

sudo apt-get remove gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge gimp libgegl* libbabl*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install gimp

Don't ask me why it worked...

Thanks, Cirosantilli.

Its works for me

Ubuntu 12.04
GIMP 2.6

[metodiew]

This was not working for me either, I had to first REMOVE the old gimp mathaeus ppas (I'm on Ubuntu 12.04):

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo rm matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list matthaeus123-mrw-gimp-svn-precise.list.save

Then remove Gimp and reinstall as indicated on the above answers:

sudo apt-get remove gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge gimp libgegl* libbabl*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install gimp

Don't ask me why it worked...

It works for me too. Thanks!

Ubuntu 12.04

[neo1691]

Help me too!! Ubuntu 12.04!! What must have caused the problem in the first place??

[blackstripes]

Worked for me as well, thanks!