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gimp installation fails broken packages

Asked by Barry C. Fuchs

after running ssoftware updates, my Gimp icon in Launcher disappeared.
System showed that it was no longer installed
Attempted to reinstall with USC, got messages indicating "unmet dependancies": as follows:

       Depends: python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2) but 2.7.2-7ubuntu2 is to be installed
       Depends: python-gtk2 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.24.0-2 is to be installed
      Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11) but 2.13-20ubuntu5 is to be installed
      Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.8.0-3ubuntu2 is to be installed
      Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but 2.24.0-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
      Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
      Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.20.0) but 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 is to be installed
      Depends: libjpeg62 (>= 6b1) but 6b1-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
      Depends: libpoppler-glib8 (>= 0.18) but it is not going to be installed
      Depends: librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4) but 2.34.1-2 is to be installed
      Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) but 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu3 is to be installed

installed Synaptic,which also failed installation and failed to fix broken packages
tried: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure
no apparent results, attempt to reinstall failed again . . . :>(

suggestions?
thanks,
bcfuchs

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said : 		#1

So it looks like this is the issue:
Depends: libpoppler-glib8 (>= 0.18) but it is not going to be installed

What happens when you try and install it?
sudo apt-get install libpoppler-glib8

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Juan Carlos Rede (movieguy1920) said : 		#2

I got the same error. When I tried to install libpoppler-glib8 I get this:

Package libpoppler-glib8 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libpoppler-glib8' has no installation candidate

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Barry C. Fuchs (2120safari) said : 		#3

So I tried installing libpoppler-glib8 and got the message:
"package libpoppler-glib8 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package 'libpoppler-glib-8' has no installation candidiate "

:>/
BTW, I'm new to Ubuntu (all Linux, actually), so am a bit ignorant on procedures. 20+ years of MS/Mac experience doesn't seem to be a tremendous advantage in figuring this out . . .
On the road, so only have net access on Tuesdays and Fridays.

thanks for any pointers . . . :>)

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Barry C. Fuchs (2120safari) said : 		#4

So, downloaded libpoppler from another source, USC reported:
"Dependency is not satisfiable: libpoppler19"
downloaded and installed same
installed libpoppler-8 . . .

started Gimp install . . .

WOOT!!!

seems to be back (crossed fingers) . . .

Thank you sooo much for your assistance!
barry,
Richmond, Virginia