GEGL version too old error?

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I am getting GEGL version too old error whlie opening GIMP after updating to Ubuntu 20.04. The complete error is
GEGL version too old!

GIMP requires GEGL version 0.4.22 or later.
Installed GEGL version is 0.4.18.

Somehow you or your software packager managed
to install GIMP with an older GEGL version.

Please upgrade to GEGL version 0.4.22 or later.

But I checked my installed gegl version which is 0.4.22-3.

I have done described here but it does not work
Please help !!!  I am not able to use GIMP.
Here is /etc/apt/sources.list file
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 19.10 _Eoan Ermine_ - Release amd64 (20191017)]/ eoan main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
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## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan universe
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates universe

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# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates multiverse

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# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu eoan partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security multiverse

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Yunior Concepcion lopez · Answer

Con esto me ha funcionado a mi.
sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp

sudo apt-get install gimp

Saludos,

hwv · Answer

I have upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS.
For me, none of the above solutions worked, couldn't start gimp because of gegl error.
I searched for gegl version still installed:
$ sudo apt list | grep gegl

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

gegl/focal,now 0.4.22-3 amd64  [installiert]
gir1.2-gegl-0.4/focal 0.4.22-3 amd64
libgegl-0.4-0/now 1:0.4.18+om-0ubu18.04.18~ppa amd64  [Installiert,lokal]
libgegl-common/now 1:0.4.18+om-0ubu18.04.18~ppa all  [Installiert,lokal]
libgegl-dev/focal 0.4.22-3 amd64
libgegl-doc/focal,focal 0.4.22-3 all

The I removed the old gegl version:
$ sudo apt-get remove libgegl-0.4-0

After that, gimp starts again :-)

De Pereira · Answer

sudo apt purge gimp
sudo apt purge libgegl-0.4-0
sudo apt install gimp

worked for me.

jhoran · Answer

I had the same problem on Ubuntu Mate 20.04.
Resolved it as follows.  The otto-kesselgulasch repository is depreciated and is no longer maintained. It needs to be replaced.
sudo apt install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

If that doesn't work you may need to re-install GIMP
sudo apt install gimp gimp-gmic

This worked for me.
You may also need to do
sudo apt autoremove

and
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

for a number of cycles until all the dependencies are satisfied and unused dependencies removed.
Trying to install GEGL didn't help for me.  I removed / purged GIMP (and GEGL 0.4.22 - it was installed correctly!) as above a number of times without result.  However, doing this routine from the start worked first-time on my second machine!
Thanks to Ubuntu Handbook for hosting the repository.

Rachit Keerti Das · Answer

I had the same problem. You can solve it by removing gimp with
sudo apt remove --auto-remove gimp

This also removes the leftover dependencies of the gimp packages, and hence all the versions of libgegl and older dependencies.
and  then reinstall gimp by
sudo apt install gimp

This will install the latest versions of the required dependencies for gimp.

Jerome Favrou · Answer

You can just try:
sudo apt-get install gegl

d.lime · Answer

I had the same issue, solved by removing Otto PPA:

sudo apt install ppa-purge -y
sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp

It will tell you that some packages need a downgrade, accept et voila'

(I was coming from 19.10 upgraded to 20.04)

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