I'm running Xubuntu 17.10 with gimp 2.8.20 and I still can't open https
URLs with gimp. According to this upstream bug report:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782319
gimp 2.8 should be able to open https URLs as long as glib-networking is
installed, here I quote that bug report:
> If
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gimp (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Cannot open file from https location (URL)
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Might be missing SSL support in some library or tool, or a failure to
access that particular server - the file-uri plug-in can be built to use
through gvfs, libcurl or wget, cf.
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/plug-ins/file-
uri/Makefile.am?h=gimp-2-8#n26
My bet for the Ubuntu packages is