!>http://storage.bottiger.com/splash-mockup_NcAHS.png! _*Note: GIMP 2.4.1 has been released. The instructions has been updated*_ This is a short tutorial on how to get and install GIMP 2.4 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) instead of the Release Candidate Ubuntu is shipped with. # First download the source code from "gimp's homepage":ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.4/gimp-2.4.1.tar.bz2 # Unpack the files: @tar -xvjf gimp-2.4.1.tar.bz2@ # Make sure you have all dependencies. I have no idea what the exactly are, but I found this list of packages which was required for a developing version: @sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libart-2.0-dev libtiff4-dev libaa1-dev libmng-dev libpoppler-glib-dev librsvg2-dev libwmf-dev libxpm-dev libgnomeui-dev libgnome-keyring-dev liblcms1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev gtk-doc-tools libgtkhtml2-dev intltool automake1.9 flex bison libgnomevfs2-dev libxmu-dev libexif-gtk-dev python-gtk2-dev libexif-dev@ # Now, run: @./configure --prefix=/opt/gimp-2.4@ # Then compile the gimp (this may take an hour or two): @make@ # And at last, install it: @sudo make install@ # Now you can just remove all the files and folders which was created during the installation. # At last, make a symlink to _/opt/gimp-2.4/bin/gimp-2.4_ in you _/usr/local/bin_. @sudo ln -s /opt/gimp-2.4/bin/gimp-2.4 /usr/local/bin/gimp-2.4@ If everything went well it the gimp should now have been installed into _/opt/gimp-2.4_ just run @gimp-2.4@ to start it. You can remove it anytime by just deleting _/opt/gimp-2.4_. 2007-10-25T08:15:18-05:00 49 Install_GIMP_2_4_on_Ubunutu_7_10 2007-10-31T11:26:35-05:00