[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.8.2, wheezy install

[Gene Heskett <gheskett shentel net>]

Greetings everybody;

I just went to add some text to some pix I just shot to be followed by 
moving the edited copies to my web page.

But I opened the first one in gimp, clicked on the A to get the text 
entry box, and no box appears.

So I assume I am missing a suggested dependency.  Does anyone have a  
clue what I might not have installed?
 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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