[Wolves] Installed Programs and SuSE 9.2 Pro

[Tom Mortimer-Jones]

Tim Humpherson wrote:
> I know I can install a newer version of GIMP, which currently is on
> 2.2, however, my SuSE 9.2 Pro's update status says that all installed
> programs are "up-to-date", even though my GIMP is at 2.0?
> 
> Is it because of SuSE's refusal to include GIMP 2.2 in its
> repositories because of unstability/untested software or what?

Didn't you ask this question before and got a little telling off for 
doing so?

It IS up to date. SuSE will only change the version of the program when 
they release a new distro, 9.3 is due out at the end of April and it 
will have gimp 2.2.

http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/preview/index.html

I think you've got the wrong idea about what Yast Online Update. Its all 
about bug fixes and security patches, not about versions of the program. 
Online update does as little as possible, while fixing bugs, so that 
your system doesn't change when you only want a security fix.

How mad would you be if you were using gimp 2.0 for your job and then 
you did an update and 2.2 was installed and it was different and didn't 
do what you wanted? Plus think how much work SuSE would have to do to 
keep up with every update of every package.

> Would it be alright if I can install 2.2 manually or would this mess
> up SuSE's  several other dependencies?

There are rpms on the gimp site which may or may not mess up your setup 
or you could wait until 9.3 or if you're feeling brave (but with no risk 
to your system) you could compile from source, which wouldn't be too 
difficult and would give you an amazing buzz when you do it. As long as 
you tell configure to put it somewhere different there is no reason why 
you can't have the gimp 2.0 rpm and 2.2 from source on the same machine. 
One word of advice is if you need any dependencies, like GTK+ 
development libs etc, install them from the SuSE disks rather than going 
source code crazy.

Let me know if you need any help trying to compile it.

Tom.