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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Requirements

Terminal.

Internet access.

How To Install GIMP

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.

To uninstall GIMP, type this command followed by Enter: $ sudo apt-get remove gimp

Alternative Method

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)

How To Learn GIMP

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.

How To Contribute to GIMP