{"id":7364,"date":"2017-12-13T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T14:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2017-12-13T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T14:18:21","slug":"gimp-2-9-8-released-how-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-8-released-how-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 2.9.8 Released with On-Canvas Gradient Editing (How to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gimp-icon1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GIMP 2.9.8, a new unstable release, an intermediate state on the way to the next GIMP 2.10, was released. <\/p>\n<p>GIMP 2.9.8 introduces on-canvas gradient editing and various enhancements while focusing on bugfixing and stability.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blend tool now features on-canvas gradient editing: adding, shifting, removing color stops, shifting midpoints and converting them to color stops, assignging colors to color stops, changing blending type for midpoints.<br \/>\nFaster color library<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Clip Warning\u2019 in Display Filters<\/li>\n<li>The default brush is now &#8220;Hardness 050&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>OpenCL disabled by default<\/li>\n<li>Statusbar will blink on warnings, errors<\/li>\n<li>Screenshot for KDE\/Wayland has been implemented<\/li>\n<li>Color Picker now works on KDE\/Wayland.<\/li>\n<li>For more details, see the<a href=\"https:\/\/git.gnome.org\/browse\/gimp\/tree\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\"> News page<\/a>.<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-dev-450x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-dev-450x265.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-dev-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-dev-600x354.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gimp-2-9-dev.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install GIMP 2.9.x in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>There&#8217;s a PPA repository contains the latest development GIMP packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and Ubuntu 17.10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">1. Note that GIMP 2.9.x is unstable! It should not be used in production! <\/p>\n<p>2. Not sure why, the last numbers of 2.9.x, announced by GIMP team, are even numbers. But the PPA builds packages with odd version numbers (so far its GIMP 2.99).<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for it from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp-edge<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gimp-edge-ppa-600x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"86\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gimp-edge-ppa-600x86.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gimp-edge-ppa-450x64.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gimp-edge-ppa.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade GIMP from an existing release via Software Updater utility:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/upgrade-togimp-2.9x-450x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/upgrade-togimp-2.9x-450x335.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/upgrade-togimp-2.9x-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/upgrade-togimp-2.9x.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or simply run commands to check updates and install GIMP:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install gimp<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Restore:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can easily restore GIMP image editor to the stock version (distribution build) in your Ubuntu by purging the PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp-edge<\/pre>\n<p>And if you want to re-install the latest stable GIMP (2.8.22 so far), see <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/gimp-2-8-22-released-with-various-fixes-ubuntu-ppa\/\" target=\"_blank\">this tutorial<\/a> after purging the previous PPA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIMP 2.9.8, a new unstable release, an intermediate state on the way to the next GIMP 2.10, was released. 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