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gimp terminal - beezle - 01-17-2024
something strange. l am using linux lite 6. i was looking on the internet for something similar to the old windows paint program and i came across, you guessed it, gimp. so being a little smart, i looked in my menu under graphics and all accessories. no gimp. next smart thing. i typed gimp in terminal. gimp 2.10 loaded up on my screen, i did my old paint things successfully, with no error messages, and closed gimp. i incorrectly assumed i had installed gimp on my computer by type gimp in terminal. alas no gimp in my menu. so what the heck was that? and i can do it again.
RE: gimp terminal - rich2005 - 01-17-2024
It might be that you got a flatpak or a snap version of Gimp that launch in different ways.
From here: https://tutorialforlinux.com/2018/04/03/how-to-add-latest-gimp-ppa-repository-on-ubuntu-gnulinux/ linux lite can use a PPA.
You can add https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/gimp - follow the directions there to add and update
Then for an install it is
Code:
sudo apt install gimpand that should get you a Gimp 2.10.36 which will open from a terminal if you want that way.
edit: As often, I did not read the post correctly and Ofnuts is correct. It is unusual for no .desktop file if Gimp is installed from a repo. Did you install Gimp or is it already there in LinuxLite ?
RE: gimp terminal - Ofnuts - 01-17-2024
(01-17-2024, 01:16 PM)beezle Wrote: something strange. l am using linux lite 6. i was looking on the internet for something similar to the old windows paint program and i came across, you guessed it, gimp. so being a little smart, i looked in my menu under graphics and all accessories. no gimp. next smart thing. i typed gimp in terminal. gimp 2.10 loaded up on my screen, i did my old paint things successfully, with no error messages, and closed gimp. i incorrectly assumed i had installed gimp on my computer by type gimp in terminal. alas no gimp in my menu. so what the heck was that? and i can do it again.
No, that only meant that you had no start icon for it (.desktop file, in Linux).