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Tunafish

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Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

UPDATE June 2012: this howto is quite useless now.
Gimp 2.8 is in Debian testing and in Debian unstable now.
If you use strictly Debian stable (so without any programs from testing or unstable), you can't install gimp2.8 either, as it needs a newer version of libglib2.0.

I just installed the new GIMP. Apart from other new features, it has single window mode (as an option).
http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html

UPDATE: GIMP 2.8 is in experimental repo now (2012-05-10)
ANOTHER UPDATE: GIMP 2.8 is available from Debian Sid  now (2012-05-14)

It isn't in the repos yet, so I had to build it from source.
I run into quite a lot of dependency problems, but in the end I've got it running.

I'll try to write a howto, but I'm sure it isn't complete. So if you run into an error, please post your output here and I (or someone else) will help you out.

GIMP 2.8 needs GLib >= 2.30.2 
Debian stable doesn't have this yet. If you want to know what versions are available on your system:

apt-cache policy libglib2.0-0

0. Backup your current gimp plug-ins, brushes, textures and fonts (you'll find these in ~/.gimp-2.6/)

1. install necessary packages (I'm not sure you need them all)

sudo apt-get install intltool libpng12-dev libglib2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev  libpango1.0-dev libfontconfig1-dev libcairo2-dev libgtk2.0-dev libtiff4-dev python-gtk2-dev libatk1.0-dev libpng15-15

Install python2.6-dev or python2.7-dev, depending on your version of python:

sudo apt-get install python2.6-dev

or:

sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev

2. download and install gegl and babl

wget ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/babl/0.1/babl-0.1.10.tar.bz2
tar -xvf babl-0.1.10.tar.bz2
cd babl-0.1.10/
./configure
make
sudo make install

wget ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.2/gegl-0.2.0.tar.bz2
tar -xvf gegl-0.2.0.tar.bz2
cd gegl-0.2.0/
./configure
make
sudo make install

3. remove old gimp (this will remove configuration files as well)

sudo apt-get purge libgimp2.0 gimp gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data libgimp2.0

4. Download gimp 2.8 and install

wget ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2
tar -xvf gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2
cd gimp-2.8.0
./configure
make
sudo make install

5. Reinstall libgimp

sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0

6. Run gimp (if you like to see possible errors, run it from terminal)

gimp

If you want single-window mode, you have to enable this from the Windows menu.

7. If you still see an error when running gimp, it might be necessary to reinstall some others as well:

gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data

Last edited by Tunafish (2012-06-12 17:48:58)

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Great how-to TunaFish!!

So I will need to make a back-up of my current plug-ins, brushes, textures and fonts?

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Great stuff, thanks. I've tried twice to compile (alongside current install, as per a howto I found), but me and babl broke things pretty badly. Now I've got this old box to practice on I'll give it another go

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Tunafish

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Great how-to TunaFish!!

So I will need to make a back-up of my current plug-ins, brushes, textures and fonts?

Yes, you should do so. You also can try to install 2.8 without removing the old gimp and see what happens (I did this in the first place, but ended up with some errors, which can be solved afterwards as well).

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Great stuff, thanks. I've tried twice to compile (alongside current install, as per a howto I found), but me and babl broke things pretty badly. Now I've got this old box to practice on I'll give it another go

Please post your errors (mostly the last 10 lines of the output) and we'll solve it

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drmoris

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Nice, will give it a try tomorrow))Great job Tunafish

Tunafish

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Great job

Wait till it works

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

I think libtiff4-dev might be a better choice in place of libtiff-dev
and ran into

E: Unable to locate package python2.7-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python2.7-dev'

I'm guessing that I need to add a source for the python dev.?

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@tf - i doubt i'll get the chance to give this a go but have been waiting for single window mode for ages. well done u and thx for sharing.

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@tf - i doubt i'll get the chance to give this a go but have been waiting for single window mode for ages. well done u and thx for sharing.

I suppose gimp 2.8 will get into the debian repo at some time...

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

I think libtiff4-dev might be a better choice in place of libtiff-dev

Changed that in the first post. Thanks.

E: Unable to locate package python2.7-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python2.7-dev'

I'm guessing that I need to add a source for the python dev.?

Try python2.6-dev.... I'm using the wheezy repo, you're probably using the squeeze repo. Does that work?

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Very nice HOW-TO Tunafish!

But as I wasn't patient enough to wait for this neat step by step I found another, easier way.

Gimp 2.8 is in siduction experimental repos (fork of aptosid - you can find there stuff from frickelplatz like latest gimp, wine, chromium-browser, towo-kernels,...)

So for those of you not comfortable with building packages from sources and impatient to wait for the update from debian sid, add at least 2 repos (siduction and experimental) to your sources.list from here:
http://packages.siduction.org/?Repositories
Then don't forget to add siduction-archive-keyring and do sudo apt-get update.

The recommended way is to first uninstall your existing 2.6.x gimp and only after that install 2.8 version. But I risked an upgrade anyway, just to see if it could be done. And yes, I was lucky. Everything works. Just one big caution though - if you use gimp-plugin-registry, you definitely have to uninstall this package before upgrade!!!

And I have to say another huge improvement apart from the single-window mode, it starts at least twice faster than 2.6.12.

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

I had an issue with needing a newer version of GLIB.. something like 2.24.
I was reading how messing with GLIB can really boink your system if done incorrectly.
I will read up on it more and hopefully give it another try.

EDIT
TunaFish you were correct on the python 2.6 dev.
I'm doing this on my stable partition.  Thank you.

Last edited by falldown (2012-05-03 23:49:37)

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schorem

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Gimp 2.8 has (finaly) been officially released.

Install GIMP 2.8 in Debian Wheezy / #! Waldorf as follows:

1. Add the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list:

Well, it ruined my system :)

2. Do a safe-upgrade

aptitude update & aptitude safe-upgrade

The current version is automatically updated to 2.8.

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bozhkov

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@schorem prepare for a bash for suggesting ubuntu ppa's

schorem

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

I know, I know, but it still works....

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rizzo

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Oh my @schorem. Work or no, ppa's are not the way to go

schorem

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@omns, how can I get the latest version then? I do not know how to compile it...

Never mind, guess reading is a trade not easily learned

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Tunafish

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@omns, how can I get the latest version then? I do not know how to compile it...

Never mind, guess reading is a trade not easily learned

Haha.... let me know if the howto (post 1) works for you.

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Maybe not the time or the thread, but I have to say I have, on occasions, enjoyed the guilty pleasure of using ppas in debian and I have never had problems with that. Surely, even if I'm not at all that knowledgeable, more than 6 years with the pink swirl have made me a seasoned user

falldown

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Registered: 2011-09-01

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Hey Tuna
So I decided to leave my stable alone for the time being.
I did however compile Gimp 2.8 for my Waldorf lastnight.
The whole process went smoothly without error, but when trying to run it I get this error:

error while loading shared libraries: libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm looking into it right now and will hopefully post a solution.

EDIT
I do have all the libraries.. just not in the right paths..
and not sure what all is out of place.

Last edited by falldown (2012-05-04 18:41:35)

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Tunafish

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@falldown:
You can solve the error by reinstalling libgimp2.0

sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0

If you still receive errors, you can try this:

sudo apt-get purge gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data libgimp2.0
sudo apt-get install gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data libgimp2.0

I also have an error:

(gimp:10297): Gimp-Widgets-CRITICAL **: gimp_device_info_set_device: assertion `(info->device == NULL && GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)) || (GDK_IS_DEVICE (info->device) && device == NULL)' failed

but it doesn't seem critical at all....

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

Tunafish did you just add the libpng15-15 today?
I decided to purge and try again and I'm not finding libpng15-15 in the wheezy/testing repos.

falldown@waldorf:~$ sudo apt-get install libpng15-15
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libpng15-15

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Re: Gimp 2.8 with single window mode

@falldown:
You can solve the error by reinstalling libgimp2.0

sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0

If you still receive errors, you can try this:

sudo apt-get purge gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data libgimp2.0
sudo apt-get install gimp-help-en gimp-help-common gimp-data libgimp2.0

Darn I should have been more patient..

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