GIMP 2.3.9 Unstable

[roderikk]

Hi!

Did anyone already try the new GIMP 2.3.9? I am really keen on trying all the new features and checking for bugs, but as a (relative) noob I haven't got a clue on how to install it. Did anyone build a deb file?

Thanks.

[kaamos]

Just a minute, I'll try building one..

[cbudden]

Same here.

[kaamos]

Building GIMP with prefix=/usr/local
Desktop files install into ${datarootdir}

Extra Binaries:
gimp-console: yes
gimp-remote: yes

Optional Plug-Ins:
Ascii Art: yes
Help Browser: yes
Gimp-Print: no
GNOME Print: yes
JPEG: yes
MNG: yes
PDF: yes
PNG: yes
PSP: yes
SVG: yes
TIFF: yes
MacOS X TWAIN: no
URI: yes (using gnome-vfs)
Win Print: no
Win Snap: no
WMF: yes
XJT: yes
XPM: yes

Plug-In Features:
EXIF support: yes
GNOME UI: yes
GNOME keyring: yes

Optional Modules:
ALSA (MIDI Input): yes
Linux Input: yes
Color Correction: yes
Soft Proof: yes


It is in /usr/local so the package can be installed at the same time with the ubuntu default gimp. Use /usr/local/bin/gimp-2.3 to start the program.

gimp 2.3.9 for i386 (http://users.tkk.fi/~alaisi/ubuntu/gimp-2.3.9_i386.deb) (packaged with checkinstall)
source (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/graphics/packages/gimp/gimp/v2.3/gimp-2.3.9.tar.bz2)

[roderikk]

Wow! Thanks for the help.

I've just tried it out for a few minutes and it really seems more responsive. Also the USM filter seems to go a lot faster. They are really doing a good job. =D>

Back to some more testing ;-).

Thanks again! In the future I will just have to learn how to create my own deb files. Is there a step by step instruction somewhere on how to do this?

[Kimm]

generaly you can use checkinstall (allows for a clean uninstall of your localy build programs, and to easly spread your builds)

it can be installed from the repos:

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

to use checkinstall you must first configure and compile the program.

cd <directory where the source is>
./configure
make
checkinstall

make will build the package and checkinstall will install it and create a package from it.

There are other, more complicated ways. But this works unless your running a distro of your own.

[roderikk]

cd <directory where the source is>
./configure
make
checkinstall

That sounds easy enough! However, do I need any libraries/dependencies to do make? I can remember once trying this and getting errors that I somehow missed a C++ compiler :roll: . I guess I need a little more practice/help ;-).

[JimmyJazz]

http://jimmyjazz.homeip.net:808/debs/

(click on Gimp)

heres the deb (i386)

[SlugO]

Thanks for the debs, I'm using the one from Kaamos and it works great :)
Just one annoying thing: the toolbar windows are always on top with no way of changing it :???: Is there an option to change this in GIMP's settings? Went over them many times... And no, always on top isn't ticked in the windows' right button menu.

[MetalMusicAddict]

Thank you kaamos. Do you think this is stable enough to use full time? If so how can I change the right-click options to point to 2.3?

[Jucato]

Hmm... will installing this have any adverse effect on some of Dapper's dependencies? Does it need some new packages/library versions to be installed? Or do I need to install Ubuntu's GIMP from the repositories first?

Sorry for the questions. I had a very nasty experience in Breezy when I tried to install a version of GIMP that was more recent than the one in the repositories. It needed some new lib packages which destroyed the dependencies on my system. Granted I took the .debs from Debian. :D

PS. I've never had any success in using checkinstall. It always gives me an error message. Anyway, I just keep the folder where I extracted the source code and just "make uninstall" when I don't need the app anymore. Or will that still leave some things lying around?

[kaamos]

Hmm... will installing this have any adverse effect on some of Dapper's dependencies? Does it need some new packages/library versions to be installed? Or do I need to install Ubuntu's GIMP from the repositories first?

The package itself does not have any dependencies, but it probably won't wont if have not installed (you can just install to get the dependencies and then remove) gimp from the repos.



That sounds easy enough! However, do I need any libraries/dependencies to do make? I can remember once trying this and getting errors that I somehow missed a C++ compiler . I guess I need a little more practice/help .

You need to have the package "build essential" installed before you can compile. In this case it is also very simple to get the other dependencies just with

sudo apt-get build-dep gimp

[Jucato]

Sorry to get back so late. I have GIMP 2.2.11 installed (the one from the repositories). Would that be enough to successfully install 2.3.9?

Lastly, if I were to uninstall it, what command would I use? I can't use sudo dpkg -r gimp, right?

Thanks!

[roderikk]

You need to have the package "build essential" installed before you can compile. In this case it is also very simple to get the other dependencies just with

sudo apt-get build-dep gimp

As you can see on this thread (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=191522) I am having a bit more problems with trying your method... I can't seem to get past the 'make' step... But that might also have to do something with the program I am installing.

Thanks again for packaging the gimp 2.3.9. I tried it a bit more and am really pleased with how everything works. It starts up really fast, has some really nice feature (try the extract from background feature, it is so cool!) and is a major improvement over 2.2.11. I haven't yet had any crashes or anything (touch wood).

[Enigmatic]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but the new print function doesn't give me any options. Before it was great, you had full control over printout size, position, orientation etc etc.

[kaamos]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but the new print function doesn't give me any options. Before it was great, you had full control over printout size, position, orientation etc etc.

If you are using the deb I posted, that would be my bad. I did not notice to check for that when compiling and used gnome-print (that sucks) instead of gimp-print..

[Kimm]

I compiled Gimp 2.3.9 here, and its pretty stable.

But I dont like the new interface... the tool windows are allways ontop (sometimes when the image is big, its gets behind those windows) and they made a new, separate window for color selection...

[SlugO]

Has anyone managed to build Gimp 2.3.10? There's apparently a vulnerability in the way 2.3.9 handles xcf files.

[hellmet]

well, i cud not make out any differences with the older
version in those few seconds i had a look at it!!

[henriquemaia]

Anyone to make a amd64 deb?