Gimp 2.6.3 on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

I could finally install Gimp 2.6.3 on Intrepid!!!!!

All started when I was doing the Christmas Layout. (Kind of the story behind the making of the Christmas Layout- not always only Scrapbook related issues....)

Intrepid comes with Gimp 2.6.1, and that is great! However, during the layout making, I was using a template. To use the "elements" in the template in Gimp, you need to do the alpha to selection, choose the other layer, invert the selection and cut. It always worked in the versions of Gimp previous to 2.6.1 . Well, it was not working any more in Gimp 2.6.1

So, I decided to install Gimp 2.6.3, and check if the newest version was going to solve my problem. It only got me other problems: The problem of installing Gimp from the source code!

I was running into lots of problems (started with complaints on BABL).... Solved that one. Than run into the GTK2.0+ (I think that it was what was called). Asked hubby. I got the answer I did not wanted to hear: " Yeah... I read that it was a nightmare to install Gimp from source code).

I wanted to do my layout so badly!!! His answer was definitely not going to stop me :-) Googled a lot, but nothing really helped. I had to make lots of guesses. After a few hours.... : I installed!!!! Yeah!!! I felt so good!

The only problem was that after ALL the effort, Gimp 2.6.3 did not do the alpha-to-selection- invert - cut the "right" way. Oh well... Too much for all the installation effort (LOL).

But, fortunately, I figured out a solution!!!! And that was the way the Christmas Layout was done.

Thanks for "listening". Questions?