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GIMP install help - URGENT



On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Greg Rundlett wrote:

> gboyce at badbelly.com wrote:
> 
> >Gimp 2.0.1 RPM for Fedora:
> >ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/users/drc/gimp-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm
> >
> >There are other RPMs including a source RPM in the same directory.
> >
> >  
> >
> My problem with using the RPM was that it would fail due to unmet 
> dependencies, and some of those dependencies (like a lib) were not 
> available anywhere in RPM format, or just didn't make sense to me (like 
> X is required by Z [not installable]).
> 
> I'm thinking now that my system got out of whack somewhere (early) along 
> the process, and then nothing was going to work without discovering and 
> reversing the earlier mistake.
> 
> I'm sure to learn something tonight if I get a chance to share my shell 
> session log.
> 
> If I have time, I'll re-install Fedora, then the GIMP RPM

If you're feeling adventurous, Fedora Core 2 Beta 3 was just released, 
which includes Gimp 2.0 I believe.




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