[ILUG] GIMP 2.6 installation

[Pádraig Brady]

Conor Mac Aoidh wrote:
> Please note that I am very new to linux.
> 
> I tried to install the new version of GIMP, 2.6, today but I am having
> some problems with the installation. I had to get a couple of packages
> (gcc and make) to install then it told me that I Had to install babl
> as well. I did so but the error keeps returning:

Always install packages if at all possible
(I.E. if you're not actually going to hack on the gimp).

gimp 2.6 is already available for fedora 9 & 10:
  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=407
and ubuntu intrepid:
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=gimp&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

I.E. it's not bleeding edge so you'll probably find
(backported) packages for whatever distro you're using.

Pádraig.