How to Install Gimp 2.8 on Debian / Linux Mint Debian Edition

Gimp 2.8 came out a while ago, so it's well past time to update the system. As I've mentioned in previous posts, I use Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is nothing more than Debian Testing with some Mint repositories, and that's why Gimp 2.8 isn't available in the Mint repositories yet, but it's already available in Debian Testing, so we'll use that.

First remove the old version

sudo apt-get purge gimp*

Now add the Debian Testing repository.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free"

And finally install Gimp

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gimp

If you run into dependency problems, use aptitude and choose the option where all packages are upgraded to fix the problem. In my case it was the third option.

sudo aptitude install gimp

Gimp 2.8 is fast to open. It worked here, how about you?

Gimp in single-window mode.