Unable to install GIMP on Maverick

[Jay Mac]

When I upgraded from lucid to maverick, GIMP was no longer installed. I went into Synaptic Package Manager to install it. I selected gimp and it says:

gimp:
  Depends: gimp-data (<=2.6.10-z) but 2.6.11-1~getdeb1~maverick is to be installed

I looked in the list of repositories and there is no obvious thing to remove.

The error message is of no help in resolving the problem.

$ uname -a
Linux x 2.6.35-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 11:55:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Thank you for your bug report. You were/are apparently using unofficial repositories (e.g. getdeb.net or ubuntuupdates.org) that are in conflict with the standard Ubuntu repositories. Remove those sources (in the Synaptic Package Manager: Settings --> Repositories, in the "Other Sources" tab) and press the reload button, you should then be able to install gimp.

[Jay Mac (jmac939)]

I removed every repository one-by-one. Hitting RELOAD each time. And I still get the message:

gimp:
  Depends: gimp-data (<=2.6.10-z) but 2.6.11-1~getdeb1~maverick is to be installed

At the moment, there are no repositories left in the "Other Software" tab.

I still see this as bug.

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Your error message still mentions a package from an unofficial repository. Try searching in the package manager for everything with gimp in it and remove those packages. Then try installing again.

[Jay Mac (jmac939)]

Thanks. I appreciate the help.

I was able to install GIMP by some sort of brute force.

I re-added the getdeb third party source into Synaptic Package Manager as:

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu maverick-getdeb apps

Adding the repository key, strangely didn't allow the app to install as signed:

wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

I installed it via:

http://www.getdeb.net/install/gimp/2.6.11-1%7Egetdeb1%7Emaverick

which installs it via the Ubuntu Software Centre. But I am forced to accept it as unsigned.

All-in-all, I see this as a problem with Synaptic Package Manager. I think it should be doing a better job here. There's obviously something in my config that is confusing it. And it's error messages aren't helpful. I suppose if a person was an expert with apt, they could figure it out. I could read up on it and learn. I just think Ubuntu should be a little more user friendly than that.