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How can I install Gimp 2.8 on Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.1?
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(09-06-2025, 12:01 AM)GIMP Devil Wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of switching back to Gimp 2.8 like I did on Windows 7 and it worked like a charm, but the new Gimp 2.10 I got on Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.1 Software Manager seems to have some functionalities like indexed mode I was really use to completely broken.

Is there a way I can download Gimp 2.8 on Linux Mint? I didn't see it in the Software Manager there was only 2.10 and I assume an even newer version..
I do have the installer for Gimp 2.8 I used on Windows 7 which probably can be run with Wine, but I would prefer not to do that because from my experience it seems everything that's run with Wine on Linux seems a lot laggier and choppier than it was on Windows 7 which is not good for when I want to draw...

If there's an AppImage of Gimp 2.8 I would prefer that because those are convenient and have everything they need to run, I looked on the official Gimp site and it said it had a download for 2.8, but it would always redirect me to Gimp 2.10 on the Software Manager so I assume it's not on the official site.
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A bit reluctant to give this.  It is an appimage project that did not quite work Wink  I use it with kubuntu 22.04 It just about works (mostly) with Mint 22.1   https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=...0xy7JSsx1y   2822.zip size 32 MB

   

Needs a bit of user input. How you might do it. https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM14/gimp28.mp4 about 3 minutes
Not a 100%  .   Python not possible now, tiff-load / tiff-save needs an old libtiff package so I have taken those out.

If you want to give it a try, up to you.  The usual guarantee - there is none.
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RE: How can I install Gimp 2.8 on Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.1? - by rich2005 - 09-06-2025, 11:30 AM

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