{"id":6776,"date":"2017-05-12T00:46:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T00:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2017-05-12T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:07:14","slug":"gimp-2-8-22-released-with-various-fixes-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/gimp-2-8-22-released-with-various-fixes-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 2.8.22 Released with Various Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gimp-icon.png\" alt=\"GIMP 2.8.22\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GIMP, The GNU Image Manipulation Program, got another maintenance release for the 2.8 series a few hours ago with drawing performance improvement and 10 years old CVE bug fixed.<\/p>\n<p>GIMP 2.8.22 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improve drawing performance in single window mode, especially with pixmap themes<\/li>\n<li>Fix CVE bug in the ICO plug-in which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ICO file with an InfoHeader containing a Height of zero.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid creating wrong layer group structure when importing PSD files<\/li>\n<li>Prevent a crash in PDF plug-in if images or resolution are large<\/li>\n<li>stop parsing invalid PCX files early and prevent a segmentation fault<\/li>\n<li>Fixes for Mac OS, translation updates and build fixes.<\/li>\n<li>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/git.gnome.org\/browse\/gimp\/plain\/NEWS?h=GIMP_2_8_22\" target=\"_blank\">changelog for details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-2.8-stable.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-2.8-stable-450x278.jpg\" alt=\"GIMP 2.8\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-2.8-stable-450x278.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-2.8-stable-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-2.8-stable.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install GIMP 2.8.22 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Otto Meier promised to maintain the latest GIMP packages in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~otto-kesselgulasch\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp\" target=\"_blank\">PPA repository<\/a>, so far, available for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04.<\/p>\n<p><del>Although GIMP 2.8.22 is NOT available in the PPA at the moment of writing (be patient, there&#8217;s always a small delay for maintainer to test and upload the packages)<\/del>, you can add the PPA via following steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from start menu. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gimp-ppa-xenial-600x90.jpg\" alt=\"GIMP PPA for 16.04\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gimp-ppa-xenial-600x90.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gimp-ppa-xenial-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gimp-ppa-xenial.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> After that, upgrade GIMP once the new release is published in the PPA:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-software-updater.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-software-updater-450x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-software-updater-450x314.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-software-updater-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gimp-software-updater.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who want to build GIMP from the source, grab the tarball from <a href=\"https:\/\/download.gimp.org\/mirror\/pub\/gimp\/v2.8\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Restore:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For any reason, you can easily restore GIMP to the official build (old) in main Ubuntu repositories, by running command to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIMP, The GNU Image Manipulation Program, got another maintenance release for the 2.8 series a few hours ago with drawing performance improvement and 10 years old CVE bug fixed. 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