Gimp 2.8 Install By Command

It may not work out-of-the-box on some platforms since the flatpak technology is new.

Gimp 2.8 Install By Command

If that is the case, ensure flatpak is installed and if clicking the link still does not prompt to install GIMP, then manually install by command line.

Its very likely your Unix-like system distribution already comes with a GIMP package.

It is the preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates.

Nevertheless, note that many distros decide to pin a specific version of GIMP to their releases, whereas our flatpak will follow GIMP releases closely.

Just open the downloaded DMG and drag and drop GIMP into your Applications folder.

The installer allows you to choose from a large directory of packages.

To install gimp using Macports, you simply do sudo port install gimp once you have Macports installed.

There are indications that there is now a formula for GIMP, installable with: brew tap caskroomcask brew cask install gimp.

It provides the apt-get command known to e.g.

Debian and Ubuntu users, and installing GIMP is as easy as sudo apt-get install gimp once you have installed the Fink installer.

Gimp 2.8 For Mac