I just reinstalled my Ubuntu system with 11.10, but ran into a problem when I tried to install Gimp 2.7.
I always get unmet dependencies (it's german, so I can't tell you the exact english translation):
Needs gimp-data (<= 2.6.11-z) but 2.7.3-2011082002~oo should be installed
I already read the follow post, but the answers didn't really help me.
When I type in
sudo apt-get install gimp=2.6
it just says that there is no version 2.6 found. I get the same with 2.7.
I really need Gimp. But installing Gimp 2.6 isn't possible as well.
When I remove the repos for 2.7, I still get the same error.
Best Answer
The following thing did it for some reason.
It seemed like the problem was a gimp-data 2.7 package, that was still installed after I removed the ppa ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn .
After I removed this package and then removed the ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn it installed gimp 2.6 immediately.
I tried to add the ppa again (to install 2.7, because I made a file with that and need to open it - which doesn't work with 2.6), but always got an error about a missing libbabl.0.so.0 file (although it was installed).
I also tried this ppa which I stumbled upon: https://launchpad.net/~alex-p/+archive/notesalexp-oneiric
I also checked the list of sources when I do an apt-get update, but it's not even in there.
At least I have one gimp.
But if somebody knows a trick that is worth trying, I'd love to hear it. (it has gimp 2.73 in it, but when I add it and also activate it nothing happens)