Re: [Gimp-developer] 2.9 and Linux Mint

[Alexander Rabtchevich <alexander v rabtchevich gmx net>]

Jehan Pagès wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:48 PM, Alexander Rabtchevich
> <alexander v rabtchevich gmx net> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I've just installed brand new Mint 17.2 Mate rc. It has GdkPixbuf version
> > 2.30.7 and GIMP requires 2.30.8. Does it mean current development version of
> > GIMP will not be available in Linux Mint?
> I'm not sure what you are asking for. Since this is a development
> version, it requires slightly late version of some libraries, and thus
> sometimes not available on some distributions. It does not mean you
> can't compile the dev version of GIMP, only that you may have to
> compile some of the dependencies.
> I am myself a GIMP dev, and I currently use Linux Mint (Linux Mint 17
> Cinnamon 64-bit). So there are no problems: you can build GIMP there.
Linux Mint 17.2 is going to be released in a week or two. Its Mate 
edition will not meet current GIMP requirements, at least the RC does 
not. Does Cinnamon edition contain enough version of GdkPixbuf from the box?

With respect,
Alexander Rabtchevich