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Installation of Gimp Image Editor on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Linux Mint.
GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
Note: Latest Gimp Available here.
To install Gimp open Terminal (Press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
After installation run gimp and Enjoy.Here is the Homepage of Gimp.
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Ahh, if it were only that simple:
sudo apt-get install gimp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gimp : Depends: gimp-data (<= 2.6.11-z) but 2.7.3-2011082002~oo is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I have the same problem as triune.
Terry
I get the same error as ▴triune. I wonder what changed from 11.04 to 11.10 to break it.
Try this maybe help you guys.
sudo apt-get remove libbabl-0.0-0
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install gimp
If somebody upgraded from Natty to Oneiric then you have to enable your PPA's just see this topic how to enable PPA's.
http://www.noobslab.com/2011/10/re-enable-your-working-ppa-after.html
Worked for me when trying to follow gimpusers tutorial to install 2.7.3 did not. How is it that I have 2.7.4 installed when gimpusers seems to state that only 2.7.3 is available.
In any event, following your step by step worked for me, thanks.
Caruso
LOL, what a S&M splashscreen in 2.7.4 :D
I have te same problem.I see this text: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gimp : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
@untitledata
Enter following commands:
sudo apt-get remove gimp*
sudo ap-get update
sudo apt-get purge gimp libgegl* libbabl*
sudo apt-get install gimp
sudo apt-get clean
I hope it will work for you.
@untitledata
Actually I would think what you found in the ppa is version 2.7.5 actually. I could read somewhere that you have to enable 2 other ppa's for that to work in Oneiric, because you can't upgrade libglib2.0-0 to that version without breaking your system. I have tried this and then I had to reinstall Ubuntu; I could read some users installed it successfully (I'm not an expert), maybe they compiled it from source.
Now I'm only testing these things in a virtualbox machine, I don't like reinstalling or loosing time with debugging something that should just work.
@conualfy
same issue
I have the same problem. I have trawled the tiniternet for the answers to no avails. I also have gimp on my work cpu working fine with the same Ubuntu 11.10 so WHY THE F***?!
Enter following commands:...
Note, it's:
sudo apt-get update
Yes, it did work great. Thank you.
Not working on Ubuntu 11.04 any more because the matthaeus123 repo now delivers gimp 2.7.5 which has dependencies that do not fit with oneiric.
Unfortunatly i find no way to get the 2.7.4 package which worked fine on oneiric.
@einicher
I can successfully install 2.7.5 version on oneiric.
Can you tell me what shows terminal about dependencies.
just paste here
This ppa is not working on 11.10. These are the dependencies that are not working:
sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0
libgimp2.0 : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0 (>= 2.30.2) but it is not installable
Recommends: gimp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gimp-data (>= 2.7.5) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gimp-data (<= 2.7.5-z) but it is not going to be installed
and for gimp
gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.7.5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (<= 2.7.5-z) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Guess installing from source is the only option until 12.04 comes along...
@Anonymous
Checkout this latest topic Gimp 2.7.4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.7.5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (<= 2.7.5-z) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Same thing here
gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.7.5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 (<= 2.7.5-z) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.7.5) but it is not going to be installed
Everyone has the same issue. Installing this repo, updated my system, disabling themes, cheese, etc... DO NOT USE THIS REPO... it will screw your machine! Ubuntu 11.10...
Notice there are NO solutions... Thanks all..
Anymore info on this? Cant get the new version installed on Mint12 due to the issues mentioned.
It's just a packaging error. Due to a trivial slip when defining dependencies, the libgimp2.0 package in the ~matthaeus123 gimp 2.7.5 ppa depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.2) *and* libglib2.0 (>= 2.30.2). The first dependency is fine, the second is a typo - libglib2.0 doesn't exist and so the dependency can't be met.
No doubt Matt Walker knows all about the problem and will get 'round to correcting it at some point.
DONT use this ppa. It will not work and destroy your installation.
I fix'd this by removing the ~matthaeus123 in Software Sources.
Still nothing from Matthew. 2.8rc1 is out now... Time to defect to this ppa:
ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
*much* cleaner dependencies too.
thank you for pointing this one out. worked flawlessly with dist-upgrade!
Glad to have helped ottok ;-)
If anyone has followed the original instructions, here's what you need to do to *repair* your system *and* upgrade to *the latest* GIMP (make sure the *three* PPAs originally specified are still active before running ppa-purge):
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ricotz/testing
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
After that, your system should be back to normal, complete with GIMP 2.8rc1
Worked flawlessly for me :-) (11.10 Oneiric)
--Me Again
Fantastic. Finally have the Gimp back on 11.10. Many thanks!
after following these instructions i only get GIMP 2.6.11. i'm running mint 12, but it is based on oneiric so i was hopeful. in synaptics i can mark it for upgrade, but then i get the following error:
Depends: libgimp2.0 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgimp2.0 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>=2.24.10) but 2.24.6-0ubuntu5linuxmint1 is to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>=1.30.0) but 1.29.3+git20110916-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
@Kathy
Here is latest version of Gimp 2.8. You can install it on Mint 12.
http://www.noobslab.com/2012/04/install-gimp-28-on-ubuntu-1204-precise.html
Kathy, the method described here NEVER worked properly, even on vanilla Ubuntu. The post two above yours *might* be of use to you on Mint... certainly the initial removal and repair steps (ppa-purge)
here we go again, people posting instructions that clearly don't work.
Why do ppl do this !
Got me
@Me
Here is latest version of Gimp
http://www.noobslab.com/2012/04/install-gimp-28-on-ubuntu-1204-precise.html
Thanks man! :D
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