On 7 October 2012 12:41, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install GIMP 2.8 into Ubuntu 12.04, where the default version > is 2.6.1. > > All the advice I can find seems to be essentially the same, namely: > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install gimp > > Each time I try this I just get 2.6.1 installed, regardless. It strikes me > that the default version must still be in the list of standard repositories. > I'm reluctant to mess around with this list without knowing the effects. I > use Synaptic all the time, but without a detailed understanding of how it > works behind the scenes e.g resolving dependencies. Consequently I don't > what to make a change to the repository lists which might screw things up. > > Any advice? > > Regards > > Nige
First , if you're not confident, leave it alone. :) However, you can install ppa-purge which will allow you to roll back to official packages if the PPA packages don't work as expected, or messes up dependencies: $ sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp This way you can try it without much risk. I'm running with that PPA in Quantal and it works fine for me. :) J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
