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Gimp 2.8 comes with a lot dependencies. How to install gimp 2.8 with dependencies on Debian Squeeze ?

Mesut Tasci
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  • I think you are missing libgegl-0.2-0 and libbabl-0.1-0. You can install them via apt-get and afterwards you can grab gimp too by the same means... – Silviu May 28 '12 at 09:10

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There is no gimp2.8 in backports, therefore the easiest way is to add testing repositories to your machine:

echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Then you need to configure apt pin priorities to make testing version as additional to prevent distributive upgrade. For that do

echo "Package: *
      Pin: release a=stable
      Pin-Priority: 700

      Package: *
      Pin: release a=testing
      Pin-Priority: 650" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences

After that you can update you packages list:

aptitude update

And install gimp2.8 from testing with:

aptitude -t testing install gimp

It will resolve dependencies and upgrade all necessary packages automatically.

Also you can backport gimp yourself, but it is much harder (:

rush
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If you aren't too tight on disk space, the easiest way to combine a stable system with the latest versions of a few applications is to run Debian stable, and maintain an installation of Debian unstable or testing in a chroot.

For a guide to setting up a Debian-like distribution in a chroot, see How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu? (the schroot section). The guide is written for 32-bit Ubuntu inside 64-bit Ubuntu, but applies equally to unstable inside stable and to Debian.

Set up the schroot, and install Gimp inside it. You can make a wrapper outside the chroot to run a chrooted Gimp. Put this file as /usr/local/bin/gimp (assuming you installed a wheezy chroot in /wheezy):

#!/bin/sh
exec schroot -c /wheezy gimp
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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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wget ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2
mv gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2 /tmp/
tar xf gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2
cd gimp-2.8.0/
./configure
make all && make install
3h4x
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    Gimp comes with a lot dependencies.Gimp cant install alone on Squeeze. – Mesut Tasci May 28 '12 at 09:08
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    That's really bad idea to compile something on binary distributive with excellent package manager. In the worst case you can use checkinstall, but never use make install. btw building deb packages is also pretty easy. – rush May 28 '12 at 09:15
  • building a package in binary distro should be normal for linux user.
    never use make install? can you tell why not to use it?     – 3h4x May 28 '12 at 09:56
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    @ochach yes you can, but there is no dependency checker and update manager for this package... if really you love you squeeze and only want gimp 2.8 you can make it. but its better to find another way ;) – Mohammad Efazati May 28 '12 at 10:10
  • @Efazati thx, i get it. – 3h4x May 28 '12 at 10:24