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[Erich Eickmeyer <erich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you installed GIMP from outside the repos at any time before the
upgrade, it would make sense that it would be removed for compatibility
reasons. Also, any and all installations from outside the official repos
are not supported.

The reason GIMP 2.10 was not included in 18.04 is due to the fact that
GIMP 2.10 breaks MyPaint 1.2 due to a library compatibility issue. Since
MyPaint 1.2 and GIMP 2.8 are included in the Ubuntu Studio flavor, it
would have broken the entire flavor. Additionally, GIMP 2.10 was
released after the feature freeze.

So, until MyPaint releases a 1.3 version, 18.04 will be stuck with GIMP
2.8. Ubuntu 18.10 will contain GIMP 2.10, and as such MyPaint was
dropped from Ubuntu Studio until the bug is corrected. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1759625.

Since this bug and workaround involves installation from outside the
official Ubuntu repos, this bug is invalid.

** Changed in: gimp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  after upgrade to xubuntu 18.04 from 16.04, gimp fails to launch...

Status in gimp package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I updated to xubuntu 18.04 a few days ago.  First re-use of gimp
  (right click on image and gimp is missing from the context menu) leads
  me to discover gimp is no longer installed.

  `which gimp` as user and as root does not find an executable

  going to https://gimp.org shows me there is a new version, and
  incidentally a new install method.

  The method works. On the the gimp website, however, there is this
  perfect description of the current situation with ubuntu, and a clear
  request to take action.  So, ubuntu, crew, please do the right thing.

  I quote (emphasis added):

  Once installed, it [gimp] will be made available exactly the same way
  as other applications (menus, desktop overview, or any specific
  application launch process used by your desktop).

  *If this is not the case, we suggest to report a bug to your desktop
  or distribution asking for proper support of flatpak*. In the
  meantime, you can still run it by command line (not as the recommended
  method, only a workaround):

  flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//stable

  End of quote

  So, the workaround to the bug is included.  Very handy.

  I would much prefer to be using the 2.10 release, with a proper
  install / distribution method,  than the 2.8 release (and all the ppa
  nonsense put out on the web).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: gimp (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Aug 24 13:56:25 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-17 (768 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  SourcePackage: gimp
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-22 (2 days ago)

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