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Update Gimp in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 – The Fast Way

February 22, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
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I recently reinstalled Ubuntu Linux (8.04 - Hardy Heron) and wanted to update my version of Gimp to the latest. Unfortunately 'sudo aptitude install gimp' in a terminal simply does not do the trick. Why? Because the latest version is not in the repositories. Hopefully this short post will help some of you avoid a lengthy search with "trial and error" to get a newer version of Gimp working.

I spent several hours this weekend trying to find a solution. Initially the closest I got was found at Tombuntu's post "Install GIMP 2.6 in Ubuntu 8.04", which pointed me to the .deb packages getdeb.net/app/Gimp. I then proceeded to use Tombuntu's guide, however that did not work as I ran into some issues:

  1. libbabl-0.0-0_0.0.22-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb
  2. libgegl-0.0-0_0.0.18-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb
  3. libgimp2.0_2.6.2-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb
  4. gimp-data_2.6.2-1~getdeb1_all.deb
  5. gimp_2.6.2-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb

Side note: As some of you may realize above, I downloaded the 64bit versions as my system uses a 64bit processor and therefore has the 64bit Ubuntu Linux 8.04 version installed

Two issues (errors) occurred:

1. libbabl-0.0-0_0.0.22-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb was already the most recent version

2. The third step produces an error (for libgimp2.0_2.6.2-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb)

Error: Conflicts with the installed package
‘gimp’ Conflicts with the installed package ‘gimp-data’

I left a couple posts on forums asking for help, but continued a bit of research. I tried changing the order of the installation, but that did not work. I decided to look up the commands for the Debian package manager (dpkg) as the GUI (double clicking each to install), was returning issues.

There's a solution, dpkg can be used on the command line to allow all packages in a directory to be installed using a wildcard character "*". I tried it and it worked!!! :)

Open a terminal and CD to the directory you downloaded the .deb files to (the ones from getdeb.net). Now simply use this command:

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

The above command uses the Debian package manager and the "-i" switch means "install a fresh copy of the package (or upgrade the package if it is installed). Because I used the wildcard (*), it selected all packages in that directory. I didn't get any errors and Gimp 2.6.2 is installed. I assume that by installing all the packages at the same time, all dependencies were met and there were no errors or conflicts.

Either way, this saved me a fair bit of time, so hope it does for you too! (Too bad it took me this long to figure out!) <smiling> Now, if only I can figure out how to dock the three windows into one interface, I'd be all set! ;)

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Comments

7 Comments so far

  1. Elly Elly on February 22, 2009 10:27 am

    This is sweet! So easy! You are so sweet for posting this, Thanks so much!

  2. UbuntuLinuxHelp UbuntuLinuxHelp on February 22, 2009 10:30 am

    @Elly
    Thanks for saying I’m sweet.
    Thanks for not saying I’m easy.

    Seriously though, I appreciate when small posts can help someone – Cheers

  3. Vadim P. Vadim P. on February 22, 2009 10:39 am

    Some good news is that in 9.04, GDebi (the lil window that installs the package) has a File -> Refresh option. So if it’s missing something, you can install that, then refresh the original one and install. Makes it somewhat easier.

  4. UbuntuLinuxHelp UbuntuLinuxHelp on February 22, 2009 12:10 pm

    @Vadim P. – That’s great! In my opinion, that would make it much easier (and save time). I didn’t use Ubuntu 8.10 (even though Gimp update might have been better) because it installed both network cards, they even both got an IP address from DHCP, but no data up or down, therefore no web sites in Firefox or anything. Used 8.04 (LTS) and everything worked like a charm.

    Do you happen to know if 9.04 will be LTS?

  5. Vadim P. Vadim P. on February 22, 2009 12:19 pm

    I don’t think it is… the next one after that is. But canonical people are saying a lot of bugfixing was done for 9.04 – so you should try it anyway.

  6. UbuntuLinuxHelp UbuntuLinuxHelp on February 22, 2009 12:27 pm

    @Vadim P. – Okay, thanks for the heads up then, I’ll have to give it a go! :) !!

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