Install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/Linux Mint 13/12

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Release notes in GIMP 2.8.2:

• Mention that the image was exported in the close warning dialog
• Fix the visibility logic of the export/overwrite menu items
• Remove all "Use GEGL" menu items, they only add bugs and zero function
• Improve performance of display filters, especially color management
• Fix the image window title to comply with the save/export spec and use the same image name everywhere, not only in the title
• Fix positioning of pasted/dropped stuff to be more reasonable
• Fix remembering of JPEG load/save defaults
• Lots of bug fixes
• List of translation updates

To install Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install gimp
• sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry

Install Resynthesizer Plugin with following command (It is not from above PPA):

• sudo apt-get install gimp-resynthesizer

or install from source

To install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/ppa-gimp
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install libgegl-0.2-0 libgegl-0.2-0-dbg libgegl-dev libgegl-doc gegl
• sudo apt-get install libbabl-0.1-0 libbabl-0.1-0-dbg libbabl-dev libbabl-doc
• sudo apt-get build-dep gimp

Now Gimp Installation

• export PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/bin:$PATH
• export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/lib/pkgconfig
• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/lib
• wget -O gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53319850/NoobsLab.com/apps/gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2
• tar -xjvf gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2
• sudo rm gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2
• cd gimp-2.8.2/
• ./configure --prefix=/opt/gimp-2.8.2
• make -j5
• sudo make install -j5

Make desktop Shortcut

• ln -s /opt/gimp-2.8.2/bin/gimp ~/Desktop

Install Resynthesizer and Plugin Registry with following command:

• sudo apt-get install gimp-resynthesizer
• sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry

That's it. Enjoy.

Source: Gimp