I'd suggest installing it from a PPA.
I've been using this one for several months without any problems:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu
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Please backport gegl 0.2.0-1ubuntu1 (main) from quantal to precise.
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Needed for gimp 2.8
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** Description changed:
Please backport babl 0.1.10-1 (main) from quantal to precise.
Reason for the backport:
Needed for gimp 2.8
Testing:
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Great! I've just installed Gimp 2.8 from laney's PPA
https://launchpad.net/~laney/+archive/ppa
It installs and and runs perfectly so far. I'm happy to help with some of the
dependency testing when I have more time later in the week :-)
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