GIMP appimage won't start

English Applications
1

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all having a nice life! :slight_smile:

I’m having problems trying to run GIMP appimage in openSUSE Leap 15.2 with KDE plasma. I checked the forum and found this thread https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/544336-Some-AppImages-will-run-and-some-will-not/page2?highlight=appimages but it doesn’t seem to apply to my case. This is what I get from terminal:


**mmoltke** ~  **Appimages ** ./GIMP_AppImage-release-2.10.22-withplugins-x86_64.AppImage 
DIR: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg 
AILIBDIR=/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i 
deleting /tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/libxcb-dri3.so* 
System stdc++ library: "/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6" 
System stdc++ library version: "3.4.28" 
Bundled stdc++ library version: "3.4.22" 
Newest stdc++ library version: "3.4.28" 
Using system stdc++ library 
atomiclib:  
Using bundled atomic library 
Checking versions of library "libfontconfig" 
  system library: "/usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.10.1" (libfontconfig.so.1.10.1) 
  system library version: 1.10.1 
  ailib: "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.11.1" 
  bundled library: "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.11.1" (libfontconfig.so.1.11.1) 
  bundled library version: 1.11.1 
  newest library version: "1.11.1" 
Checking versions of library "libfreetype" 
  system library: "/usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.17.1" (libfreetype.so.6.17.1) 
  system library version: 6.17.1 
  ailib: "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.16.1" 
  bundled library: "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.16.1" (libfreetype.so.6.16.1) 
  bundled library version: 6.16.1 
  newest library version: "6.17.1" 
Removing bundled "libfreetype" 
'/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/libfreetype.so.6' borrado 
'/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/libfreetype.so.6.16.1' borrado 
APPDIRS: /tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i:/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins:/home/moltke/.config/GIMP-AppImage/2.10/plug-ins:/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg: 
GTK_PATH=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/gtk-2.0 
GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/gtk-2.0:/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/gtk-2.0 
PANGO_LIBDIR=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib 
BABL_PATH /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib64/babl-0.1 
GEGL_PATH /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib64/gegl-0.4 
python=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/python2 
python2=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/python2 
/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/python=/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/python2 
:Python:E::py::python2: 
GIMP2_PLUGINDIR: /tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0 
/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/apprun-helper.sh: línea 179: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/startup_scripts/*.sh: No existe el fichero o el directorio 
load_external_plugins: linking plug-ins under /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/GMIC 
ln -f -s "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/GMIC" "/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/GMIC/scripts/set_exists.sh 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/GMIC/scripts/startup.sh 
load_external_plugins: linking plug-ins under /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/LiquidRescale 
ln -f -s "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/LiquidRescale" "/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/LiquidRescale/scripts/set_exists.sh 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/LiquidRescale/scripts/startup.sh 
load_external_plugins: linking plug-ins under /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/NUFraw 
ln -f -s "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/NUFraw" "/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/NUFraw/scripts/set_exists.sh 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/NUFraw/scripts/startup.sh 
load_external_plugins: linking plug-ins under /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/PhFGimp 
ln -f -s "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/PhFGimp" "/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/PhFGimp/scripts/set_exists.sh 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/PhFGimp/scripts/startup.sh 
load_external_plugins: linking plug-ins under /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/ResynthesizerPlugin 
ln -f -s "/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/ResynthesizerPlugin" "/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/ResynthesizerPlugin/scripts/set_exists.sh 
load_external_plugins: sourcing /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/plug-ins/ResynthesizerPlugin/scripts/startup.sh 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ResynthesizerPlugin/usr/lib:/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/PhFGimp/usr/lib:/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/NUFraw/usr/lib:/
tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/LiquidRescale/usr/lib:/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/GMIC/usr/lib:/tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i:/usr/lib::/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/loa
ders 
QT_PLUGIN_PATH: /tmp/tmp.yokw33Gp5i/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/GMIC/usr/lib/qt5/plugins: 
Input parameters: "" 

Input File:  
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff1bbe3000) 
        libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf186d6000) 
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf18054000) 
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17d93000) 
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17b6d000) 
        libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17957000) 
        libgimpmath-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17750000) 
        libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17546000) 
        libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf1732e000) 
        libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf17128000) 
        libgimpbase-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf16ef9000) 
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf16cd1000) 
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf16ac3000) 
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf168ad000) 
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf16667000) 
        libcairo.so.2 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fcf16350000) 
        libpixman-1.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fcf160a7000) 
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fcf15e66000) 
        libexpat.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fcf15c3c000) 
        libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fcf15a34000) 
        libfreetype.so.6 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fcf1578c000) 
        libbz2.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007fcf1557c000) 
        libharfbuzz.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fcf152df000) 
        libpng16.so.16 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fcf150ad000) 
        libxcb-shm.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fcf14ea9000) 
        libxcb.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fcf14c81000) 
        libxcb-render.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fcf14a73000) 
        libXrender.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fcf14868000) 
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fcf14527000) 
        libXext.so.6 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fcf14315000) 
        librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007fcf1410d000) 
        libgegl-0.4.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgegl-0.4.so.0 (0x00007fcf13e2d000) 
        libgegl-npd-0.4.so => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgegl-npd-0.4.so (0x00007fcf13c25000) 
        libjson-glib-1.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libjson-glib-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf139fe000) 
        libbabl-0.1.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libbabl-0.1.so.0 (0x00007fcf1370d000) 
        libgio-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf13362000) 
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf1315e000) 
        libselinux.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007fcf12f37000) 
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fcf12d20000) 
        libmount.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libmount.so.1 (0x00007fcf12add000) 
        liblcms2.so.2 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007fcf12883000) 
        libgexiv2.so.2 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgexiv2.so.2 (0x00007fcf12662000) 
        libexiv2.so.26 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libexiv2.so.26 (0x00007fcf1206a000) 
        libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007fcf11e53000) 
        libmypaint-1.3.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libmypaint-1.3.so.0 (0x00007fcf11c41000) 
        libjson-c.so.2 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libjson-c.so.2 (0x00007fcf11a36000) 
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf117e4000) 
        libffi.so.6 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fcf115dc000) 
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf112c6000) 
        libpcre.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007fcf11064000) 
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fcf10e45000) 
        libunwind.so.8 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libunwind.so.8 (0x00007fcf10c2b000) 
        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fcf108f3000) 
        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fcf106ef000) 
        libjpeg.so.62 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00007fcf1049a000) 
        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fcf100df000) 
        libXfixes.so.3 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fcf0fed9000) 
        libXinerama.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fcf0fcd6000) 
        libXi.so.6 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00007fcf0fac6000) 
        libXrandr.so.2 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fcf0f8bb000) 
        libXcursor.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fcf0f6b0000) 
        libXcomposite.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fcf0f4ad000) 
        libXdamage.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fcf0f2aa000) 
        libpng15.so.15 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libpng15.so.15 (0x00007fcf0f07f000) 
        libthai.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libthai.so.0 (0x00007fcf0ee73000) 
        libfribidi.so.0 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00007fcf0ec57000) 
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fcf1896d000) 
        libgraphite2.so.3 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fcf0ea29000) 
        libXau.so.6 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fcf0e825000) 
        libblkid.so.1 => /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/../lib/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007fcf0e5e5000) 
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fcf0e20b000) 
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fcf0dff2000) 

/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/gimp.bin --pdb-compat-mode=on "" 
/tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/python 
DIRNAME: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin 
DESKTOPFILE_NAME: gimp.desktop 
APP_FULL: GNU Image Manipulation Program 
APP: GNUImageManipulationProgram 
APP_FULL: GNU Image Manipulation Program 
APP: GNUImageManipulationProgram 
BIN: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/gimp.bin 
DESKTOPINTEGRATION:  
HERE!!! 
is_external_process: bundled process found: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/zenity 
No protocol specified 

(zenity:19438): Gtk-**WARNING** **: 19:52:01.480: cannot open display: :0 
yesno finished 
is_external_process: bundled process found: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/zenity 
No protocol specified 

(zenity:19446): Gtk-**WARNING** **: 19:52:01.584: cannot open display: :0 
yesno finished 
is_external_process: bundled process found: /tmp/.mount_GIMP_AKyjYFg/usr/bin/gimp-2.10 
No protocol specified 
No se puede abrir el visor:  
** moltke ** ~  **Appimages **

I’ve been using it for quite some time in Debian Bullseye with KDE Plasma too with no issues. Any help/advice is much appreciated. Thanks.

2

I’m personally averse to using xhost at all.
But in this case, the following command may be required to make the app work

xhost +local

If you do this, when you’re done with your app you should run the following to undo your security change

xhost -

The better alternative would be to just install GIMP on your machine… Run YaST Software Manager, search for gimp and install.

TSU

3

Running

xhost +

before launching Gimp “solved” the issue, and now it runs. But I never had this problem before, why is this happening? FWIW, I’m only having this issue with GIMP, I use 20+ other appimages and they all work fine.

4

Thanks for you reply. In a multi-user system yes, it’s a bad practice but if you’re the only user then it’s fine, at least according to **man xhost **and Arch’s wiki Xhost - ArchWiki

Warning: This command grants any local user access to your X screen. That might be OK for a single-user machine, but usually not for a multi-user system.

This is a single-user machine. Like I said, I use other appimages and they all work fine, Gimp’s the only one showing this behavior, at least in openSUSE since it works fine in Debian Testing as well as in other distros I run in QEMU as VMs. The Gimp’s version in the repos is pretty old, **zypper info gimp **gives:

**
**Information for gimp package:
------------------------------
Repository: Main Update Repository
Name: gimp
Version: 2.10.12-lp152.2.3.1
Architecture: x86_64
Vendor: openSUSE
Installation size: 64.5 MiB
Installed: No
Status: not installed
Source package: gimp-2.10.12-lp152.2.3.1.src
Summary: The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Appimage version is 2.10.20

5

Recommend submitting a feature request to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org to update to latest source.
Not sure why the software search website lists GIMP as “Extra files for…”
Wonder if some kind of backporting is taking place.
In any case, the default install is behind by “only” many subvariations, unknown how significant those subvariations are.

TSU

6

Keep in mind that although you are the only logged in interactive User (a human) on your machine, there may be any number of other User accounts (hopefully without login permissions) on your machine for various purposes. The command breaks down the security boundaries between all of them, so it’s not a good idea to leave your system in that state any longer than necessary.

TSU

7

You mean “non-human” accounts like root, sane and stuff like that? Hmmm … Well, I did revert to normal just in case.

Recommend submitting a feature request to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org to update to latest source.
Not sure why the software search website lists GIMP as “Extra files for…”
Wonder if some kind of backporting is taking place.
In any case, the default install is behind by “only” many subvariations, unknown how significant those subvariations are.

I actually like running the appimage. There have been a significant number of improvements in between those “subvariations”, so I do believe running an updated version is better, by the way I said it was 2.10.20, it’s actually 2.10.22, the appimage version I mean.

8

No, not like root which allows for an interactive login.
Open your YaST > User and Group Management > Groups tab
Highlight “users” or any other group you might have installed on your system (it doesn’t matter)
And click the “Edit” button.
To the right is a list of Group Members which are generally the User Accounts which do not support intneractive logins, ie You can’t sudo or su to any of them and there is no passowrd if anyone tried to login with any of those accounts.

Those accounts exist for processes and apps to run isolated from everything else on your system.

TSU

9

This what I see there

955×600 29 KB

953×362 22.1 KB

Is that Ok? I think it is. I’m using the default settings. I checked in “group members” and they’re all unchecked. Does that mean I shouldn’t worry about using **xhost **command?

10

An actual gimp is in the graphics repo:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/

gimp --version && lsb-release -id
GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.10.22
Distributor ID: openSUSE
Description:    openSUSE Leap 15.2
11

Thanks for that info as I didn’t know about this repo, much appreciated. How do I add it?

sudo zypper ar -f  https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/x86_64/ graphics

Will that work? Would it be easier using yast? Guess it would but not sure about the URL and the alias, still learning the inner workings of this distro.:slight_smile:

12

Without the last directory:

zypper ar -f  https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Leap_15.2 graphics
13

Ok, got it. Thank you very much!

14

Just installed gimp from graphics repo, and it’s working fine. Thank you very much for your assistance :slight_smile:


moltke  ~  gimp --version && lsb-release -id  
Programa de manipulación de imágenes de GNU versión 2.10.22 
Distributor ID: openSUSE 
Description:    openSUSE Leap 15.2 
moltke  ~ 

I have one question though, will this version get updated when doing **zypper update **or do I need to do that separately? Like I said, I’m still learning the inner workings of this distro and some things aren’t that clear to me yet.

15

It will be updated only if there is a newer Version in this Repo.
**
zypper up** will not switch an installed package from one repo to another repo, this must be done by hand.

16

The “-f” in your command set the repo to auto refresh. So it will be updated *if *there is any new version. The regular Leap repositories usually don’t do major version updates. I have installed gimp from the main repo and the version is 2.10.12. Well, as you got it from the graphics repo your version is more up to date.

Edit: Ah, Sauerland was faster - of course!

17

Thanks. Yes, I figured that it’ll be updated when a newer version is available, I just wondered if when that newer version is, I’ll have to update gimp separately or if it’ll be updated when running zypper update, as per your answer, the latter is what will happen, right?

Thanks for your reply. I read here SDB:Add package repositories - openSUSE Wiki and it says

-f instruction to zypper to add autorefresh flag to newly added repo
but I just realized I might be confused about what **zypper update **and **zypper refresh **do, now I know(think) update equals to upgrade pkgs to a newer version, and refresh updates software database cache, am I right? What does **upgrade **do? Same thing as update? Sorry, this might be a bit off-topic but thought I might just ask.

18

There is no zypper upgrade.

zypper up(date) will update installed packages to a newer Version/Release if avaible. But it does not update to a newer Version/Release in another Repo.
So zypper up will not switch the Version to a Version in another Repo.

There is zypper dup, which switch the installed Version/Release to aVersion/Rease in another Repo, if the Repo has a higher priority (lower number) or to the highes Version/Release of the package, That depends on how you are running zypper dup, the Repo is configured etc.

See:

man zypper
zypper --help
zypper (command) --help
19

Right! It is not actually needed for the repos set to auto refresh.

20

Yes, you’re right. Sorry, I meant dist-upgrade. Thanks again for your help.

Thanks.