[ubuntu-uk] Installing GIMP 2.8

[Colin Law]

On 7 October 2012 12:41, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at 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.

First try
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If that does not do it then what do you see if you run, in a terminal
apt-cache policy gimp

and post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list

Colin

Colin

>
> Any advice?
>
> Regards
>
> Nige
>
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