On 7 October 2012 12:41, Nigel Verity <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
