GIMP 2.8.22 released. Install GIMP on Linux Ubuntu Systems. GIMP 2.8.22 comes with an improved drawing performance in single window mode, especially with pixmap themes. It now prevent a crash in PDF plug-in if images or resolution are large. It brings various fixes related to plug-ins, performance and translations.
GIMP 2.8.22
GUI:
- improve drawing performance in single window mode, especially with pixmap themes
Plug-ins:
- Fix for CVE-2007-3126, a 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. We couldn’t reproduce any crash in recent version, but fixed the error messages for good measure
- Avoid creating wrong layer group structure when importing PSD files (already fixed in 2.8.20, didn’t make it to the NEWS)
- Prevent a crash in PDF plug-in if images or resolution are large
- Stop parsing invalid PCX files early and prevent a segmentation fault
General:
- If NOCONFIGURE is set, autogen.sh won’t run configure
- VPATH builds for win32 targets have been fixed
Updated Translations:
- Basque
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Catalan
- Chinese (PRC)
- Finnish
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Kazakh
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Slovenian
- Spanish
Install GIMP 2.8.22 On Ubuntu
Before you begin the installation of GIMP 2.8.22, please remove the installed version of GIMP using the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove gimp
Now run the following command to install GIMP 2.8.22 on Ubuntu:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gimp
Once installed, open GIMP from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal
Gimp 2.8.22 Released – Install Gimp On Ubuntu 17.04 originally posted on Source Digit – Latest Technology, Gadgets & Gizmos.