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    gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)/dependency problem

    I would like to install some gimp plugins - it seems that I might need something called gimptool - a quick search in synaptic seems to indicate that it's part of libgtk2.0-dev (as far as I can establish, it isn't a standalone package).

    If I try to install that, I'm getting hit with unresolved dependancy problems. I've tried a few other avenues, but to no avail.

    How can I get this installed ?

    regards

    fatbloke
    What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away! Tom Waits.
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    Re: gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)

    Just downloaded and installed the libgtk2.0-dev package using Adept (same thing as synaptic really) without any problems; maybe it's a repository list thing? pretty sure it and its associated packages came via:

    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main

    but maybe something more complex is at work...
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      Re: gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)

      Originally posted by algorhythm
      Just downloaded and installed the libgtk2.0-dev package using Adept (same thing as synaptic really) without any problems; maybe it's a repository list thing? pretty sure it and its associated packages came via:

      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main

      but maybe something more complex is at work...
      Nah! Just fired up Adept and it doesn't want to install it i.e. If I "request" an install of it, it tells me that it'd be a broken package.

      So I don't even know where to start looking to solve this, or what I might need to look at. Damn!

      regards

      fatbloke
      What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away! Tom Waits.
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        Re: gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)

        Bumpity bump?

        I got this nice book about the gimp, but that still says about finding the gimptool, either as a standalone package or in the development packages.

        So, there appear to be no development packages per se for the gimp, but there is a library

        me@mypc:~$ sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev
        Reading package lists... Done
        Building dependency tree... Done
        Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
        requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
        distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
        or been moved out of Incoming.

        Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
        the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
        that package should be filed.
        The following information may help to resolve the situation:

        The following packages have unmet dependencies.
        libgimp2.0-dev: Depends: libgtk2.0-dev (>= 2.4.4-1) but it is not going to be installed
        E: Broken packages
        me@mypc:~$
        This appears to be a circular dependency problem, because if I then try to get the libgtk2.0-dev I end up with
        libgtk2.0-dev:
        Depends: libpango1.0-dev but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: libcairo2-dev but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: libxcursor-dev but it is not going to be installed
        Depends: libxfixes-dev but it is not going to be installed
        So how do I get round this snag please?

        As ever, any ideas/advice/solutions etc are very much appreciated.

        regards

        fatbloke.
        What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away! Tom Waits.
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          Re: gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)/dependency problem

          Ok, now this is yet another guess.

          As far as I can tell, my package manager is not showing one of the dependency packages i.e. libgtk2.0-dev, it shows libgtkgl2.0-dev.

          So I'm presuming that these are different packages ??

          Perhaps someone could tell me, because I'm thinking that it might be the problem i.e. that there is a specific repository that I need to add to my sources.list

          regards

          fatbloke
          What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away! Tom Waits.
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            Re: gimp plugins (gimptool-2.0)/dependency problem

            Ok, so I've got a bit further. I think it's a case of something I have installed/configured wrongly or that "they" have 2 major development libraries as broken packages - which I can't believe (though it is possible).

            The offending packages being libgimp2.0-dev and libgtk2.0-dev, both of which, it would appear, that I need to install some of these bloody gimp plugins (as far as I can tell).

            If I have a look with
            Code:
            apt-cache show
            both libs are in the main Ubuntu repository. In both cases, if I try to install with a graphic package manager frontend, the GUI package manager won't play.

            If I try with CLI/apt-get etc, it just tells me that theres an error and that the packages are broken.

            So the question remains, how to I overcome this and get the little buggers installed

            Yes, I do have the various repositories listed in my sources.list AFAIK

            regards

            fatbloke
            What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away! Tom Waits.
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