For those who may be interested I've written a simple script that automates the whole process of compiling and installing GIMP 2.8.
It also creates DEB packages for BABL 0.1.10, GEGL 0.2.0 and GIMP 2.8 should you need to re-install them at a later date.
Today I updated the script and tidied up the code all seems to work well and its easy to use. It also now installs the Gimp icon in the
menu structure.
Here is a screen cap of Gimp 2.8 running on my LMDE box.
Please give feedback to help me improve things where I can
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I just tried to install gimp 2.8 via your script on lmde (up4) but no success.
It has only created an entry on my menu but when i click on it nothing happens.
Here is the output from terminal if it can help you:
Build times can vary drastically depending in your processor speed,
It may take 15 mins or longer to build and install these files.
[Stage 1] Downloading dependencies. Done.
[Stage 2] Building and installing babl-0.1.10. Done.
[Stage 3] Building and installing gegl-0.2.0. chown: cannot access «*.deb»: Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος
mv: cannot stat «*.deb»: Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος
Done.
[Stage 4] Building and installing gimp 2.8.0. chown: cannot access «*.deb»: Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος
mv: cannot stat «*.deb»: Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος
mv: cannot move «gimp28.png» to «/home/versys/.gimp-2.8/»: Δεν είναι κατάλογος
Done.
Install complete.
Debian packages have been created in /home/versys
"Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος" means---> "No such file or directory"
Thanks for your feedback, it looks like it is a problem with dependencies, and that Gegl is not being compiled correctly.
I've tested the script numerous times on my LMDE x64 without fail, but dependencies can vary from install to install.
Can you give me a little more information so that i can try and replicate the fault. What architecture are you running on 32bit / 64bit?
I'll try it out on a fresh install in virtual box.
I didn't use your script as is, but I did use it to find exactly what dependencies I needed. I guess I had been missing one before as I couldn't get gegl to compile previously.
It would get past ./configure but fail on make
Luckily it works now and gimp 2.8 is happily compiling as I type, will let you know how it goes, though I can't see it throwing up any errors.
I am using the part of your script for making the menu entry though
Thanks a lot
trubosquid wrote:
Can you give me a little more information so that i can try and replicate the fault. What architecture are you running on 32bit / 64bit?
I apologise for that,
I am running LMDE 64 bit (UP 4).
I'm still looking into the issues with the script I know what causes the problems it down to either missing dependencies
or possibly wrong versions of certain libraries. The difficult part is narrowing down which ones. Linux systems can vary
a lot, some people may have certain libraries installed other may not. Some may have one version some may have another.
When building / compiling software from source these differences can mean either a successful build or a fail.
The dependencies / packages that are installed within my script :-
Once installed on my LMDE x64 box allow me to build BABL, GEGL, and GIMP without any issues.
What I really need to know is the definitive list of requirements to build BABL, GEGL, GIMP. Then I can update the script accordingly.
I will keep tying to improve the script compatibility, Unfortunately it's just not that straightforward.....
Windows: 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell [on top of] a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition!
For me the script didn't work at all. It downloaeded the first two dependencies but when it had to install GIMP itself it stopped working. Am running LMDE x64 bit.
Not LMDE but I have used a script to compile Gimp 2.8 and it worked fine but with all the dev packages involved there was about a 700 MB overhead. A tad large.
For my LMDE installation, I originally tried a 'buntu ppa, not really a good idea, AFAIK it now runs into dependency problems.
Tried that one. Why can't at least a few major updates of softwares be pushed? Damn..... it's quite frustrating not being able to use latest software >.>
Inoki wrote:Tried that one. Why can't at least a few major updates of softwares be pushed? Damn..... it's quite frustrating not being able to use latest software >.>
I expect update pack 5 will be coming sooner rather than later now, as Linux Mint 13 XFCE and KDE are almost done.
