* Henry W. Peters <hwpet...@jamadots.com> [05-12-13 15:48]: > Thanks all for your replies ON THIS (as far as I know) NEW THREAD (& > Michael, I am a subscriber). > > It sounds like building 2.8 on Debian Squeeze is a (too) shaky > proposition... as I do use it with some regularity, I should probably wait > until the Debian packager & programmers resolve some of the dependency > issues... (?) But I will persist, somehow/way... > > I should have mentioned earlier, that my only desire is to have a > stable/workable version of GIMP... I hesitate to uninstall 2.6.1 because of > POSSIBLE issues regarding removals that might damage my system... namely > 'gnome-office,' & I am just totally in the dark regarding what that piece of > software is... but it sounds like something to do w/ the gui of the > desktop... (advise appreciated here too). > > Henry > > On 05/12/2013 03:14 PM, Dominik Tabisz wrote: > >Hi > >Some time ago i tried both compiling Gimp 2.8 on Squeeze, and > >installing Debian Testing ... to see what's wrong with my attempt to > >compile Gimp 2.8. > > > >To make long thing short - problems with compilation are caused by > >dependencies of Gimp 2.8 dependencies. At some moment You end up with > >upgrading gcc and half other system libraries. If only You can install > >wheezy it should solve most of Your troubles. > > > >There is one possible workaround: one user of this mailing list > >approached similar problem on FreeBSD. Solution was building Gimp and > >all it's dependencies in jail. > >This way system was stable and Gimp 2.8 had all needed dependencies inside > >jail. > >Unfortunately i can't remember where this instruction was and whether > >it can be ported to Debian. > > > >Dominik > > > >2013/5/12, Chris Mohler<cr33...@gmail.com>: > >>On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Henry W. Peters<hwpet...@jamadots.com> > >>wrote: > >>>Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge& or experience > >>>building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My current version of GIMP is > >>>2.6.1. > >>> > >>>Some questions I have (for example) are: Do I /really/ have to uninstall > >>>the > >>>old version...? Any dependency issues (conflicts, etc.) ? Any way to get > >>>the > >>>(newer) dependencies by means of the terminal? Will I be able to actually > >>>do > >>>this (i.e.,/ do a working build with this version/)? > >>I have 2.6 and 2.8 on the a Mint (like Ubuntu/Debian) system. > >> > >>There's a build script floating around somewhere, but I can't seem to > >>find it now (and it required heavy modification, at least for my > >>system anyway). > >> > >>There's this: > >>http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Hacking:Building/Linux > >> > >>I think the biggest thing to remember is to remember to prefix > >>everything with /opt or /home/YOU/gimp/ - ie *not* put it into /usr or > >>/usr/local/. > >> > >>'apt-get build-dep gimp' should bring in several -dev packages you'll > >>need. The rest will need to be compiled and installed in /opt or > >>wherever. > >> > >>It's been some months since I went through this - I'm probably > >>forgetting a few things, but the short answer is yes, you can compile > >>and install 2.8 without removing 2.6. There are quite a dew deps to > >>work through, but keep the additions outside of your system path and > >>you should be fine. > >> > >>HTH, > >>Chris > >> > >> > >> > >>On 05/12/2013 02:44 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: > >>>Please don't hijack threads - your mail will appear two levels deep in > >>>the thread about changing the PDF file associations for some users. > >>> > >>>If you want to start a new topic, please compose a new message to the > >>>gimp-user-list@gnome.org list mail address (and make sure that you're > >>>subscribed). > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Thanks, > >>>Michael > >
But you have not started a *new* thread but merely changed the subject and at that not for this post but several previous to this. You are still "hijacking" the PDF thread see: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/HijackedThread.jpg -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
