Lazy Ubuntu

This HOWTO shows how you can install GIMP 2.7 development snapshot from sources on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

Note: GIMP 2.7 is an unstable development version. If you need to get work done, please use GIMP 2.6. Please remove your current version before installing the new version.

1. Install all of the dependencies:

   $ sudo apt-get build-dep gimp

2. Install babl 0.1.0:

   
$ mkdir src
$ cd src
$ wget ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/babl/0.1/babl-0.1.0.tar.bz2
$ tar jxvf babl-0.1.0.tar.bz2
$ cd babl-0.1.0
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install


3. Install GEGL 0.1.0:

   
$ cd ../
$ wget ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.1/gegl-0.1.0.tar.bz2
$ tar jxvf gegl-0.1.0.tar.bz2
$ cd gegl-0.1.0
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install


4. Install GIMP 2.7:

   
$ cd ../
$ wget ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.7/gimp-2.7.0.tar.bz2
$ tar jxvf gimp-2.7.0.tar.bz2
$ cd gimp-2.7.0
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install


5. Run GIMP 2.7 with this command:

   $ gimp-2.7