

If you don’t like or want to just remove this software, run the below command: sudo apt-get autoremove gimp gimp-plugin-registry You can search it as a snap package on Ubuntu software center or else just type the below command: sudo snap install -edge gimp How to Remove GIMP Photo Editor GIMP provides official repositories for the snap package. Snap is a universal software package for installing software across the distros. Just download the source code from below link:ĭownload Source Code Method 4 – Install as Snap In case you don’t know how to use the source code for installing software in Linux, follow this tutorial. You can always install it from the official source code. Run the below command, if you don’t find this app icon on the menu: flatpak run Method 3 – Install from Source Code Run the following command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak Method 2 – Installing Using Flatpakīefore going to install GIMP, you need to enable the support of Flatpak on your system. Note that apt update command may not be required if the system refreshes the software repository cache automatically after adding the PPA. Now run the following command one by one: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp Moreover, remove other old versions of GIMP before installing v2.10. So it may not work well on 16.10 and older version. There is an unofficial PPA which you can use to install latest GIMP Photo Editor on Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based Linux distros but remember that this PPA is only tested on 17.10 and 18.04. Method 1 – via PPA in Ubuntu-based Linux distros Here I will show you all the possible ways to install the latest GIMP in Ubuntu Linux.

It is a powerful photo retouching tool which can erase the unnecessary details from the photos.
