How to Install The Latest GIMP 2.9.5 in Linux mint-18.3
To Install The Latest GIMP 2.9.5 in Linux Mint 18.3
GIMP, one of the most popular Linux image editor, has reached the 2.9.5 development release, which will finally lead to the next stable GIMP release 2.10. While Linux mint-18.3 offers GIMP 2.8.16 in its main archive, you may either upgrade to the latest stable release or try the 2.9 development release by following this simple tutorial.
Features
- 6/32 bit per channel support
- Lossless color space conversions
- New tool: Unified transformation
- Heavily improved scaling quality: No- and LoHalo-Samplers
- Sampling example 2 to see the high quality of the new samplers.
- More on-canvas previews
- Multi-core CPU / GPU support
- OpenCL-accelerated filters
- GEGL based filters and plugins
It is so simple to install GIMP 2.9.5 in Linux Mint 18.3, and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.
Installing GIMP 2.9.5
First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
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Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages [399 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [673 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [587 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [545 kB]
Fetched 3,678 kB in 8s (412 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Once it is done, you need to add the necessary repository as follows.
linuxhelp user # add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge
You are about to add the following PPA:
Attention!
This is a PPA only for development purposes!!!
At the moment there are no Xenial updates due to inextricably Glib dependencies. I will find a solution.
There' ll be no new packages for obsolete Ubuntu versions anymore and will not accept new uploads:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Sorry but that' s the way live goes.
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Executing: /tmp/tmp.JukgovPgnQ/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
614C4B38
gpg: requesting key 614C4B38 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 614C4B38: public key " Launchpad otto06217" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
After that, you need to update the system repository once again in the following manner.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [6,876 B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [11.6 kB]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [11.6 kB]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp-edge/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [8,272 B]
Fetched 55.9 kB in 2s (23.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Now you shall install GIMP by triggering the following command which kick-starts the installation process.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install gimp gimp-gmic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gimp-data libbabl-0.1-0 libcurl3 libgegl-0.3-0 libgexiv2-2 libgimp2.0 liblcms2-2 libmypaint libwebp6
libwebpdemux2 libwebpmux3
Suggested packages:
gimp-data-extras gmic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gimp-gmic libcurl3 libgexiv2-2 libmypaint libwebp6 libwebpdemux2 libwebpmux3
The following packages will be upgraded:
gimp gimp-data libbabl-0.1-0 libgegl-0.3-0 libgimp2.0 liblcms2-2
6 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 214 not upgraded.
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Installing new version of config file /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/gimp/2.0/sessionrc ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/gimp/2.0/templaterc ...
Setting up libmypaint (1.4.0~7-u16.04.1~ppa~c196a86) ...
Setting up libwebpdemux2:amd64 (0.6.0-3x0~ppa) ...
Setting up libwebpmux3:amd64 (0.6.0-3x0~ppa) ...
Setting up gimp (2.9.9~3-ubu16.04.3~ppa~0aeb61e) ...
Setting up libcurl3:amd64 (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up gimp-gmic (1:2.1.5+om-ubu16.04.1.1~ppa~edge) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
After the installation, go to the search field.
And type GIMP in the search field.
When the application icon appears, click on it to open.
The GIMP application now gets loaded.
And finally, the application now appears on your screen.
With this, the installation of GIMP on Linux Mint 18.3 comes to an end.
Q
When will GIMP support HDR imaging and processing with 16bit per color channel precision?
A
GIMP 2.10 will be the first version to feature processing with precision of 16-bit and 32-bit per color channel. This version is currently in the works, and this particular feature has already been implemented and available in v2.9.2 and newer releases.
Q
Do I disable don’t like some changes you introduced in recent GIMP versions. Why can’t you add a checkbox to disable them?
A
We realize that some changes are disruptive to some groups of users, especially those who got used to GIMP as an image editor for doing quick fixes to lossy files such as JPEG, PNG etc. (i.e. files that cannot store layers, masks, custom channels, paths).
Q
How do I draw a circle or square in GIMP?
A
In the Rectangular or Elliptical selection tool, click in one corner of your square or circle, then press Shift while dragging toward the other corner. Or enable the checkbox for Fixed: Aspect Ratio in tool options and make sure the aspect ratio is set to 1:1 before starting your square or circular selection.
Q
Why doesn’t GIMP use GTK+3 in GIMP?
A
We made a preliminary port of GIMP to GTK+3 a few years ago and intend to complete it once v2.10 is out. GTK+3 based GIMP will be eventually released as v3.0
Q
How do I draw a straight line in GIMP?
A
In any of the drawing tools (Pen, Pencil, etc.), click on one endpoint of the line. Then hold the shift key and click on the other endpoint.