Gimp open from (http://) location

[_guybrush_]

Hello,
Since upgrade to 9.10, I can't open an image from the web (open with gimp), or by using the open location menu in gimp.

Opening 'http://xyz.jpg' failed: Could not open 'http://xyz.jpg' for reading: No such file or directory

I remember that some packages are needed to do this (why isn't it a required dependency, as this action is pretty common), because this already caused me some troubles the first time I installed GIMP. I searched on the web and found that the following packages are needed: gimp-libcurl or gimp-gnomevfs. But I can't find these packages.

$apt-get install gimp-libcurl
Package gimp-libcurl is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
 gimp

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[cingbug]

Re: Gimp open from (http://) location

i am not familiar with your problem as i am still anewbie to linux but the packages you are looking for seem only to be available for hardy there is a chance they will still work and the links to those are
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/gimp-libcurl
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/gimp-gnomevfs
good luck and i hope this helps or gets you the attention you need