How To Install GIMP on Ubuntu 24.04
This tutorial will help you install GIMP image editor on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP is an advanced photo retouching free software that works in the same fields to Adobe Photoshop. Below we offer you step by step procedurs to get GIMP running on your Ubuntu machine as well as an alternative method via Snap if you want a development version newer than what you can get with default method. We also included our tutorial series “GIMP for Authors and Beginners” so you can start learning quickly. Lastly, we would love to say thank you The GNU Project and The GIMP Project for developing the best desktop free software we are using for many years today. Now let’s start installing it and happy editing!
(GIMP 2.10.36 running on Ubuntu Noble editing its official wallpaper “Monument valley” by orbitelambda with customized left and right panel)
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Terminal.
Internet access.
1. Run Terminal.
2. Type command line below followed by Enter:
$ sudo apt-get install gimp
3. GIMP is installing. On our system, its version is 2.10.36, it needs about 30MB to download and 160MB disk space and three minutes to finish.
4. GIMP is installed successfully. Now you can run it from applications menu.
You can put GIMP on your left panel aka “Dash”. Learn it on our beginner’s guide Getting Started to Ubuntu Desktop User Interface.
To uninstall GIMP, type this command followed by Enter: $ sudo apt-get remove gimp
If you want to try GIMP versions not available via default method above, or you want to run simultaneously different versions of GIMP, you can install it easily using Snap. This is useful if you are a GIMP enthusiast wanting to test many new features in the development version.
Available versions:
- 2.10.38 aka latest stable version
- 2.99.18 aka latest development version with many new features before 3.0
How to install version 2.10.38:
$ snap install gimp
How to install version 2.99.18:
$ snap install gimp --channel=preview/stable
(GIMP 2.99.18 running on Ubuntu Noble and it is installed by Snap)
We have a series of practical guide to learn GIMP here entitled “GIMP For Authors” containing basics everyone will need with nothing unnecessary. They are all equipped with videos and we uploaded them to PeerTube as an example that free software community can replace YouTube too.
GIMP for Authors and Beginners (click here to read all articles).
Contents:
1. Getting Started.
2. Crop an Image.
3. Borderlining a Selection.
4. Resize an Image.
5. Censor an Image.
6. Convert Image to Multiple Formats.
7. Join Two Images.
8. Text Editing.
GIMP, like its operating system GNU, is a free software and it is developed publicly by many people in a community. GIMP always needs new developers to help its development, for example, to complete CMYK features and to compete with Photoshop better. Looking at the excellent success example of Blender compared to its proprietary rivals, if you are a programmer, you may be inspired to join GIMP development effort too. If you are not, perhaps you can donate to help funding the project or participate in any other kind of help. To join, please read their official Get Involved page. To donate, please read their Donate page. See next section for the links.