Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04?

[nenadcvetkovic]

Does anyone know if GIMP 2.8 will come to Ubuntu 12.04 repo?

[tgalati4]

tgalati4@Mint14-Extensa ~/Desktop $ apt-cache policy gimp
gimp:
Installed: 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1
Version table:
*** 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.8.2-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages


You could try getting the deb file from the 12.10 repositories and then installing.

If it breaks, you get to keep the pieces.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/graphics/gimp

You will probably have to install several library files (along side your existing library files) to make it work:

tgalati4@Mint14-Extensa ~ $ apt-cache depends gimp
gimp
Depends: libgimp2.0
Depends: libgimp2.0
Depends: gimp-data
Depends: gimp-data
Depends: python-gtk2
Depends: libaa1
Depends: libbabl-0.1-0
Depends: libbz2-1.0
Depends: libc6
Depends: libcairo2
Depends: libdbus-1-3
Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2
Depends: libexif12
Depends: libfontconfig1
Depends: libfreetype6
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
Depends: libgegl-0.2-0
Depends: libglib2.0-0
Depends: libgs9
Depends: libgtk2.0-0
Depends: libgudev-1.0-0
Depends: libjasper1
Depends: libjpeg8
Depends: liblcms1
Depends: libmng1
Depends: libpango1.0-0
Depends: libpng12-0
Depends: libpoppler-glib8
Depends: librsvg2-2
Depends: libtiff5
Depends: libwebkitgtk-1.0-0
Depends: libwmf0.2-7
Depends: libx11-6
Depends: libxcursor1
Depends: libxext6
Depends: libxfixes3
Depends: libxmu6
Depends: libxpm4
Depends: zlib1g
Depends: python
Depends: python2.7
|Suggests: gimp-help-en
Suggests: <gimp-help>
gimp-help-de
gimp-help-en
gimp-help-es
gimp-help-fr
gimp-help-it
gimp-help-ko
gimp-help-nl
gimp-help-nn
gimp-help-pl
gimp-help-ru
gimp-help-sv
Suggests: gimp-data-extras
Suggests: gvfs-backends
gvfs-backends:i386
Suggests: libasound2
liboss4-salsa-asound2
Recommends: ghostscript
ghostscript:i386
Breaks: gimp-plugin-registry
Breaks: gimp-plugin-registry:i386
Replaces: gimp-plugin-registry
Replaces: gimp-plugin-registry:i386
Conflicts: gimp:i386

If that hasn't completely balled up your system, then here are some more suggestions using the apt-src command (you have to install apt-src first):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291814

It's an old thread, but the information is applicable.

The agony units on this is probably on par with just installing 12.10 on the machine.

I'm not sure what the protocol is for proposing and promoting a package for backport, but that would be another avenue.

[ibjsb4]

Does anyone know if GIMP 2.8 will come to Ubuntu 12.04 repo?

No, not likely.

You can install 2.8 by using the PPA.

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

[Dry Lips]

No, not likely.

You can install 2.8 by using the PPA.

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

+1! By far the easiest solution!

[nenadcvetkovic]

Thank you all for responses, I guess I'll have to add that ppa in the end

[ibjsb4]

Thank you all for responses, I guess I'll have to add that ppa in the end

Be sure to remove 2.6 completely before installing 2.8 or you will end up with 2.6 again.

sudo apt-get remove --purge gimp

And then open up gksu nautilus and go to "filesystem" and do a search on the word "gimp".

gksudo nautilus

And remove any gimp leftovers. Your now ready to install 2.8