Install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Linux Mint 14/13

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Release notes in GIMP 2.8.2:

• Mention that the image was exported in the close warning dialog
• Fix the visibility logic of the export/overwrite menu items
• Remove all "Use GEGL" menu items, they only add bugs and zero function
• Improve performance of display filters, especially color management
• Fix the image window title to comply with the save/export spec and use the same image name everywhere, not only in the title
• Fix positioning of pasted/dropped stuff to be more reasonable
• Fix remembering of JPEG load/save defaults
• Lots of bug fixes
• List of translation updates

Install Latest Gimp 2.8.4 from here

To install Gimp 2.8.2 in Ubuntu Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/ppa-gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgegl-0.2-0 libgegl-0.2-0-dbg libgegl-dev libgegl-doc gegl
sudo apt-get install libbabl-0.1-0 libbabl-0.1-0-dbg libbabl-dev libbabl-doc
sudo apt-get build-dep gimp

Now Gimp Installation

Terminal Commands:
export PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/lib/pkgconfig
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gimp-2.8.2/lib
wget -O gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53319850/NoobsLab.com/apps/gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2 && rm gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2
cd gimp-2.8.2/
./configure --prefix=/opt/gimp-2.8.2
make -j5
sudo make install -j5

Make desktop Shortcut

Terminal Command:
ln -s /opt/gimp-2.8.2/bin/gimp ~/Desktop

Install Resynthesizer and Plugin Registry with following command:

Terminal Commands:
sudo apt-get install gimp-resynthesizer
sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry

That's it

Source: Gimp