How to install GIMP image editor in Ubuntu 22.10 and Ubuntu 22.04. Learn how to install GIMP using terminal or install GIMP via Ubuntu command line.
GIMP 2.99.14 now comes with a “Gray” theme based on a 18.42% luminance middle-gray background, which should be a good neutral environment for professionnal color work.
Saving with RLE (default) and zlib (the “better but slower compression” checkbox in the Save dialog) is now multi-threaded (following the settings in Preferences), which makes it a lot faster.
Tools
- Align and Distribute tool: fully reworked interaction
- Text tool: new outline options
- Transform tools activated automatically
Usability and User Interface
- Floating selection concept reviewed
- Copy-paste re-specified
- New “Gray” theme
- Theme override icon size settings
Core changes
- Much faster XCF save
- Vectors (paths) structure in XCF
- Moving to GApplication and GtkApplication
Downloading GIMP 2.99.14
GIMP 2.99.14 is available on GIMP official website (gimp.org), now in 4 package formats, as we got the new macOS on Apple Silicon package:
- Linux development flatpak
- Windows installer
- macOS DMG package for Intel
- macOS DMG package for Apple Silicon
Installing GIMP 2.99.14 via flathub
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add –user flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user flathub-beta org.gimp.GIMP
Installing GIMP 2.99.14 from PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mati75/gimp30
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gimp
Once installed open GIMP image editor from Ubuntu Dash.