{"id":33526,"date":"2021-03-30T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33526"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:33:17","slug":"gimp-2-10-24-available-install-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/gimp-2-10-24-available-install-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP Image Editor 2.10.24 Available to Install in Ubuntu 20.04 &#038; Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gimp-icon.png\" alt=\"GIMP extra color palettes\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the next major GIMP 3.0, a new maintenance update for the 2.10 series GIMP 2.10.24 now is available to install.<\/p>\n<p><del>Though it&#8217;s not officially announced at the moment of writing<\/del>, GIMP has provided the 2.10.24 source tarball &#038; Windows exe for downloading in its website.<\/p>\n<p>And both the Flathub repository and unofficial Ubuntu PPA have updated the packages for the new release.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gimp-21024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33527\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s new in GIMP 2.10.24 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/gimp-2-10-24-released\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Off-canvas point snapping<\/li>\n<li>GeoTIFF metadata support (georeferencing information embedded within a TIFF file used by map makers)<\/li>\n<li>Many improvements in the metadata viewer and editor<\/li>\n<li>Many file format supports improved: HEIF, PSP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, DDS, BMP, PSD<\/li>\n<li>New \u201cNegative Darkroom\u201d operation to simulate enlargement prints from scans of photographic negatives.<\/li>\n<li>The RAW image import now handles darktable 3.6 and over<\/li>\n<li>New Kabyle translation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install GIMP 2.10.24 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<h4>Method 1: Install GIMP via the universal flatpak package:<\/h4>\n<p>If you&#8217;re OK with the flatpak package which runs in sandbox, open terminal and run following commands one by one to install it:<\/p>\n<p>1. Firstly add PPA for updated Flatpak package (<i>required for Ubuntu 18.04 only<\/i>):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson\/flatpak && sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/flatpak-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"128\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33511\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Install flatpak daemon if you don&#8217;t have it:<\/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>3. Add flathub repository which hosts the software packages:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-600x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-600x100.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-450x75.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Finally install GIMP flatpak package via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP<\/pre>\n<p>NOTE: as flatpak runs in sandbox, it takes much more disk space for run-time libraries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flatpak-gimp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flatpak-gimp.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flatpak-gimp-450x286.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. (<b>Optional<\/b>) If you want to remove the package, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak uninstall org.gimp.GIMP<\/pre>\n<h4>Method 2: install GIMP via Ubuntu PPA:<\/h4>\n<p>For those prefer the classic .deb packages, the <a href=\"http:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a> has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04.<\/p>\n<p>Due to compile issue, the package for Ubuntu 18.04 is stuck at v2.10.22 at the moment. <\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open <u>terminal<\/u> from system application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/gimp<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gimp-unofficialppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"96\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gimp-unofficialppa-focal.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gimp-unofficialppa-focal-450x77.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> If an old version of GIMP <code>.deb<\/code> package was installed, upgrade it via <i>Software Updater<\/i> (Update Manager) utility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/upgrade-gimp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"322\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10536\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run apt commands in terminal to install GIMP:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install gimp<\/pre>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to upgrade the image editor from command line, I&#8217;d recommend to RUN this command instead, so to also install the updated dependency libraries.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt upgrade<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.) (Optional)<\/b> To restore GIMP to the stock version in main Ubuntu repository, run command to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/gimp<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the next major GIMP 3.0, a new maintenance update for the 2.10 series GIMP 2.10.24 now is available to install. Though it&#8217;s not officially announced at the moment of writing, GIMP has provided the 2.10.24 source tarball &#038; Windows exe for downloading in its website. 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