i know i can use the flatpak version and i did try that one out on my other laptop but, i think it will come to the package manager when some stuff is fixed??? thank you
Debian/Ubuntu/Mint packages are always older and only get updated once everything is stable.
If you are looking for more up to date packages I would recommend using FlatPaks or AppImages since they are usually maintained by the devs and kept up to date.
How about compiling from source? Or look into how Debian/Ubuntu/Mint build the
gimppackage, then change the version and run the build process on your local machine?You loose out on automatic updates and not all packages are easy to build. I am not personally familiar with building Gimp. But I’ve tried to build other projects from GitHub only to get errors I couldn’t decipher.
It’s a skill which not many have.
It’s a skill which not many have.
I think this is why OP got 21 downvotes. It is unreasonable to demand something fast, free, and good. You are going to get flatpak if you want it fast and free.
Get dat flatpak.
thank you!!! i got it on my other laptop, a fresh start, sure!
I don’t use mint so this might be blatantly incorrect but after a bit of searching on mint’s release schedule I would assume gimp 3.0 will arrive with the 22.2 or 22.3 version. With 22.2 expected at middle 2025 and 22.3 at start 2026.
what!! oh my gosh until 2026?? i think i should get the flatpak version then. oh woa, thank you
There’s also a PPA if you don’t want to use a flatpak. Just be sure to uninstall it before upgrading to Mint 23 to avoid any issues.
If your anything like me you’ll forget what PPAs you’ve added in a few months. Or rather, forget that you’ve even added things like PPAs. That’s why I stick to flatpak if its not in my distro’s repos.
as an AUR enjoyer btw I lament PPAs and the burdens they come with
This is why I don’t understand the downvote hate I got for mentioning flatpak. Downvoted for the correct advice, which is so very Linux “community”. I’ve been running Linux since Slackware 1.0, and the only thing consistent about the Linux community is it’s eagerness to eat it’s own.
I also don’t use Mint personally, but based on their releases page, it looks like they follow the Ubuntu LTS releases. The latest LTS version of Ubuntu is already being used for Mint 22.1, so I wouldn’t expect to see Gimp 3 until the next LTS release in April of 2026.
Debian based distros are notorious for using old, but known stable packages. That’s kind of their whole thing. If you want the latest and greatest, look for a rolling release based distro.
oh it makes sense, i suppose they do that also because they want the software to be fixed in case there any bugs and therefore it becomes much more stable. thank you!!
Already here on flatpak
And for someone not knowing what that is, it’s a way to install and update stuff no matter what the distro, without messing with distro repo or otherwise messing stuff up.
On an unrelated note:
Why do you have Teddy Ruxpin as your desktop background, and more importantly, why do I feel such reverence for it as a very non-stereotypical background for a Linux user?
that’s simple to answer, my husband recently showed me that show and i think it’s pretty sweet!!
The way i see it, the fact that we all are on open-source reddit alternatives means that we are all unique in our own ways.
Reddit was already a nieche social media platform. Then lemmy is the nieche of a nieche. So yes, we all have unique likes and hobbies.
Maybe its a shared device that kids also use? We have a laptop that’s shared amongst everyone and I constantly come back to finding random desktop wallpapers from Minecraft to Undertale to Pokemon and I think the latest is Transformers related lol.
Not using different user accounts, that’s a paddling
Would 2010s kids know what Teddy Ruxpin is? My partner was born ‘91 and she didn’t even know what it was.
I was born in 1990, and I had a Teddy Ruxpin bear.
You can also get the appimage on https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
After downloading, set the execute bit:
chmod +x ./GIMP-3.0.0-x86_64.AppImageand then open the file to open gimp.To make it executable you can just right click -> properties -> make executable.
No need to use the terminal
The terminal dosn’t bite.
I know, i use it all the time, i just think it’s silly to recommend the terminal to beginners when theres a gui way that’s easier.
I’ve got GIMP 3.0 here on my Kubuntu system 🤷♂️
i know i can use the flatpak version and i did try that one out on my other laptop but, i think it will come to the package manager when some stuff is fixed??? thank you
Not likely, at least not for Mint or your current version of Ubuntu. For Ubuntu, it probably would end up in their next major release, like 26.04 for LTS, and whatever the next interim release is for non LTS. Mint is based on LTS, so sometime after 26.04 Ubuntu.
Flatpak, Snap, AppImage, PPA, or build from source would be your options on Mint for now.
Tell us you don’t know what a flatpak is without telling us you don’t know what a flatpak is.
i know what a flatpak is, a third party app provider for gnu/linux that works in any distro!!
Cool, glad you know that. Were you also aware that by running Linux Mint, you are tied to Ubuntu LTS releases? This would mean major revisions in software upgrades only come with next major releases of Mint. So that leaves you with flatpaks, snaps, or PPA repositories, or building it yourself. LTS releases designed this way so that you run known stable versions of pretty much everything. Switching to a rolling release distro would bring you what you want more quickly, but at the cost of more potential hiccups… but I say potential, because problems might never arise.
yea i know all that, and that is the reason why stable distros are good for me because everything is familiar and the same way it is always!! i will only update every few years yep. i know ubuntu and mint are the same distro but derivative, one just doesn’t have snaps and has a different color but that’s fine
You can install the snap package if you want access to snaps… but one of the draws of Mint is, you said it, no snaps.
Tell us you know nothing about running Linux and rely on app stores for your software.
Tell us YOU know nothing about running Linux, especially Mint, which is based on Ubuntu LTS releases, meaning it won’t get gimp 3.0 until the next major release, and so a flatpak, snap, or PPA with an unreliable release cadence are the only ways to get it before then unless you compile it yourself. Seriously dude, pull your head out.
We get it, you’re a filthy casual.
Been full on Linux since Slackware 1.0, kernel 0.99pl13. Brought Linux into Boeing, and even to the z/Series (s390) mainframe. Ported all their tightly woven NFS with NIS user environments written for ksh on HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris to working with Linux and it’s (at the time) not so perfect automounter. Ported a large LISP application from HP-UX to Linux for them, as well.
Today I’m a full time SRE, deploying and managing HA Linux clusters, large cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes, leveraging IaC for nearly all of it. I use to make packages and kernels for a smaller distro back in the late 2000’s. Ran two ISP’s entirely on Linux and an internet cafe with Linux servers when Wyse terminals and ISDN was a thing, with a couple Windows 3.1 then 95 clients on the network. I program currently in Python, C, C++, Rust, and Go. I’ve forgotten more Fortran, LISP, Cobol, and Perl than I can ever get back, not that I would want to. I’ve made Linux my personal hobby and my career for 30 years. There is nothing casual about my relationship with Linux.
We get it, your a filthy … nevermind, shouldn’t say that here.
You kids are savage today, the hell?
