[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.10 Compiling src issues

[gerard82 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Getting Babl and Gegl installed from src was easy but I'm stuck which
> seems to be a common issue so here's my issue.
>
> [quote]
> checking for BABL... no
> configure: error: Package requirements (babl >= 0.1.11) were not met:
>
> Requested 'babl >= 0.1.11' but version of babl is 0.1.10
> [/quote]
>
> I removed babl the second I started compiling from source, but if you
> go to the babl's git page you will see 0.1.10 is the latest commit,
> and there is no 0.1.11 so how do I fix this common error?
>
> It's been awhile since I've used linux, I stopped caring from
> compiling from source but this is one of the few applications I'd ever
> compile from source.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 by the way, same issue with Gentoo and Arch
> Linux.
>
> here's my gimp install process.
>
> Babl
> git clone git://git.gnome.org/babl
> cd babl
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gimp-git
> make -j3
> sudo checkinstall --backup=no --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --deldesc=yes
> --delspec=yes --pkgversion=0.1.10-git
> Gegl
> git clone git://git.gnome.org/gegl
> cd gegl
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gimp-git
> ck. results, add -dev's as desired, see hints below, then run (if any
> added -dev's
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/gimp-git
> make -j3
> sudo checkinstall --backup=no --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --deldesc=yes
> --delspec=yes --pkgversion=0.2.0-git
> Gimp
> git clone git://git.gnome.org/gimp
> cd gimp
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gimp-git
> make -j9
>
> sudo checkinstall --backup=no --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --deldesc=yes
> --delspec=yes --pkgversion=2.10 --pkgname=gimp-git
>
> Help please^^;

No way this will succeed.
I checked but there's simply no babl-0.1.11 available.
After you've compiled something in Linux it will install a *.pc file in
/usr/lib/pkgconfig.
In the case of babl it would be babl.pc.
It's a text file and contains ao the version number in this case "version:
0.1.10.
Without the right babl version forget about compiling gimp-2.10.
I'd be interested myself to do this but no babl with version 0.1.11 no go.
Gerard.

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