GIMP: how to correctly and effectively install it in Kubuntu 11.04?

[Jon Trulson]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Bas Roufs wrote:

> Hello everybody
>
> In several previous versions of Kubuntu I did manage to successfully install
> Gimp.
> But now, in Kubuntu 11.04 it does not seem to work any more. I did install
> Gimp and several dependencies. But whatever I try exactly, I simply do  not
> manage to get the package started. When I start the programme via K-Menu,
> everything stops after about one minute. When I try to open .png or .jpg
> files, exactly the same happens. Does anybody have a clue how to get Gimp
> started in *Ubuntu 11.04?
> Respectfully yours,
> Bas Roufs.
>
>

I ran into the same problem.  This 'workaround' worked for me:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3117271.msg265844#msg265844

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Jon Trulson

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