Ubuntu – How to install Gimp 2.8’s help documentation on Ubuntu 12.04

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Ubuntu 12.04 comes with Gimp 2.6, so I installed Gimp 2.8 using the instructions below:

sudo apt-get purge gimp*  
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install gimp

When try to open help, I get the message below. How do I install and configure the help for 2.8 on Ubuntu?

Dialog that says: "The GIMP user manual is not installed on your computer. You may either install the additional help package or change your preferences to use the online version". It has two buttons: "Cancel", and "Read Online".

Best Answer

Most likely, the PPA does not contain the required package for the documentation, or GIMP's documentation has not been made ready yet for 2.8.

In any case, try

apt-cache search gimp-help

and install the appropriate package for your language.

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Ubuntu – How to repair the system if I forgot to remove the Gimp registry plugin when using Gimp 2.8

Firstly remove the Gimp 2.8 repository by running these commands:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp

and then run:

sudo apt-get update

Now remove the plugin-registry as it is not supported on 2.8:

sudo apt-get remove gimp-plugin-registry

Once that's done you can install Gimp 2.8:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp

Ubuntu – How to re-install GIMP 2.6 after trying GIMP 2.8

OK, I just tried this on 12.04 64-bit, had the same problem, here's how I fixed it:

Open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T

Type these, one after the other:

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove gimp.* -y
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo apt-get install gimp=2.6.12-1ubuntu1

If it gives you dependency errors at any point and asks you to run sudo apt-get -f install, do so and then resume from that point.

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