Just a week after the 3.0.0 major release, GIMP announced the first maintenance update for the 3.0 series on this Sunday.

The new image editor release fixed more than a dozen of bugs, improved the official installers, updated translations, and introduced 2 new download mirrors for users from India.

GIMP 3.0.2 fixed the crash for macOS and Linux Flatpak users, when selecting a brush with the view set to Icon Grid. It also fixed missing Python plug-ins, non-working auto-update check in Windows, missing display filters and color selectors on macOS.

The release also fixed theming issue that caused UI glitches or odd coloring, reverted a patch, which was added to improve tablet support, as it caused a different issue with pressure sensivity on other tablets.

And for Windows users, the official installer now sets up a Restore Point for system-wide installs, and prompt about removing configurations during uninstalling process for a truly clean uninstall.

For more about GIMP 3.0.2, see the official release note.

How to Install GIMP 3.0.2

GIMP offers official packages as well as source code, which are available to download at the link below:

For Linux, they are Flatpak package runs in sandbox environment, and non-install AppImage that can be run (after added executable permission) to launch the image editor directly.

For Ubuntu and Linux Mint users who prefer the native .deb package, I’ve uploaded the package into this unofficial PPA with Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10 on amd64, armhf/arm64 platforms support.

To add the PPA and install GIMP 3.0.2, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp-3

sudo apt update

sudo apt install gimp libgegl-0.4-0t64 libbabl-0.1-0

NOTE: For Ubuntu 22.04 with Ubuntu Pro enabled, it will try to install the old libheif from esm causing dependency issues. In the case, try command below to workaround:

sudo apt install gimp libgegl-0.4-0t64 libbabl-0.1-0 libheif1/jammy

Uninstall GIMP

If you install GIMP 3.0.2 from PPA, then you may open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to uninstall:

sudo apt remove --autoremove gimp libgegl-0.4-0t64 libbabl-0.1-0

Then, remove PPA either by “Software & Updates” utility under Other Software tab, or by running the command below:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp-3

For Linux Mint, either use “Software Sources” to remove PPA, or run sudo apt update to refresh cache after using the command above.