How to install GIMP 2.8.22 on Fedora-28

To install GIMP 2.8.22 on Fedora-28

GIMP is a free and open-source image editor which can be used for retouching and editing images, free-form converting between different image formats and more specialized tasks. we have to install a GIMP using this following command. It is so simple to install GIMP on Fedora 28 and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Installation

You can proceed with the installation of GIMP.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# dnf install gimp
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Dependencies resolved.
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Package                Arch            Version                       Repository        Size
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Installing:
gimp                   x86_64          2:2.8.22-4.fc28.2             fedora            15 M
Installing dependencies:
aalib-libs             x86_64          1.4.0-0.34.rc5.fc28           fedora            72 k
dcraw                  x86_64          9.27.0-8.fc28                 fedora           266 k
gegl                   x86_64          0.2.0-38.fc28                 fedora           799 k
gimp-libs              x86_64          2:2.8.22-4.fc28.2             fedora           1.4 M
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dcraw.x86_64 9.27.0-8.fc28                  gegl.x86_64 0.2.0-38.fc28
gimp-libs.x86_64 2:2.8.22-4.fc28.2          libopenraw.x86_64 0.1.3-1.fc28
libspiro.x86_64 20150131-7.fc28             libwmf.x86_64 0.2.8.4-53.fc28
pygobject2.x86_64 2.28.7-2.fc28             pygtk2.x86_64 2.24.0-21.fc28
python2-cairo.x86_64 1.16.3-1.fc28          python2-xpyb.x86_64 1.3.1-11.fc28

Complete!

After the installation, you can access the application from the menu as follows



In order to verify the version, navigate to the help menu

With this, the method to install GIMP 2.8.22 on Fedora-28 comes to an end.

Tag : Fedora Gimp
FAQ
Q
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A
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A
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