{"id":32932,"date":"2020-11-07T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32932"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:22:49","slug":"install-gimp-2-99-2-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/install-gimp-2-99-2-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install GIMP 2.99.10 (Dev for GIMP 3.0) in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gimp-icon1200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gimp-icon250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gimp-icon250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gimp-icon250-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tutorial shows how to install the latest Beta release of GIMP 3.0, so far GIMP 2.99.10, in Ubuntu 20.04 using the official flatpak package.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s New in GIMP 2.99.10 compare to current stable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>GTK+3 user interface<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Native <b>Wayland<\/b> and <b>HiDPI<\/b> support.<\/li>\n<li>Major refactoring and cleanup<\/li>\n<li>New plug-in API<\/li>\n<li>Plugins now possible with Python 3, JavaScript, Lua, and Vala<\/li>\n<li>More (color) space invasion<\/li>\n<li>Render caching available for better performance<\/li>\n<li>Clone-type tools on multiple layers<\/li>\n<li>JPEG-XL file format support.<\/li>\n<li>Pinch gesture on canvas for zooming<\/li>\n<li>New Paint Select tool in the playground<\/li>\n<li>New generic dialog generation and metadata support API for export plug-ins<\/li>\n<li>Multi-threaded JPEG2000 decoding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910-600x316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-37602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910-600x316.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gimp29910.jpg 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIMP 2.99.10 is available to install via Flatpak package in the \u201cbeta\u201d branch of the official Flathub repository. You can open <b>terminal<\/b> and run following commands one by one to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 21.10.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Install Flatpak framework if you don&#8217;t have it (For Ubuntu 18.04 and even 16.04, add <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~flatpak\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this PPA<\/a> first).<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-600x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-600x102.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-450x77.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Add the flathub beta channel via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak remote-add --user flathub-beta https:\/\/flathub.org\/beta-repo\/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/addflatpak-beta.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/addflatpak-beta.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/addflatpak-beta-450x105.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install GIMP 2.99.x via command (for single user only):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak install --user flathub-beta org.gimp.GIMP<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/flatpak-gimpbeta.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/flatpak-gimpbeta.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/flatpak-gimpbeta-450x278.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch it from &#8216;Show Applications&#8217; menu and enjoy! In the case, I have GIMP 2.10 (via deb) and GIMP 2.99.x (via flatpak).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/launch-gimp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/launch-gimp.jpg 570w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/launch-gimp-450x208.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: If you installed <b>both GIMP flatpak stable and beta packages<\/b>, only one will be visible in app launcher. To make beta version visible, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak make-current --user org.gimp.GIMP beta<\/pre>\n<p>And to make stable version visible, replace <code>beta<\/code> in the command with <code>stable<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall GIMP 2.99.x:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the package, simply run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak --user uninstall org.gimp.GIMP<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to install the latest Beta release of GIMP 3.0, so far GIMP 2.99.10, in Ubuntu 20.04 using the official flatpak package. What&#8217;s New in GIMP 2.99.10 compare to current stable: GTK+3 user interface Native Wayland and HiDPI support. 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