How To Install GIMP 2.6.12 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

GIMP 2.8 is not as good as I thought, and probably not only me who feel the same. So, is it possible to install GIMP 2.6.12 in the newer Ubuntu Linux versions (13.10/14.04) ? The answer is yes. It is possible, and quite easy. We just need to install the GIMP 2.6.12 from Ubuntu 12.04 repository. Here are the steps.

1. Backup the default sources.list

sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

2. Create precise's sources.list

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

put this address :

deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

The detailed address is different depends on where you are. I'm Indonesian, so the repo address is id.archive.ubuntu.com. If you are in US, the repo address is us.archive.ubuntu.com.

3. Update apt database

sudo apt-get update

4. Install GIMP

sudo apt-get install gimp

Now, we have the gold "old" GIMP 2.6.12 in our Ubuntu 14.04.

Comments

Blogger said…

You, my friend, are A GENIUS !!! Thanks a lot. I was banging my head how to downgrade that damn gimp 2.8.10 to a 2.6 version, you actually saved me a lot of time and gray hairs :)
Thank you a thousand times !

July 11, 2014 at 8:12 AM

Alwan Rosyidi said…

You're welcome mate. I think I was alone when thought that GIMP 2.8 sucks. But apparently, there are many people have the same thought as me..

November 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM

Unknown said…

Gimp 2.8 sucks, thanks for tips

April 1, 2015 at 3:07 AM

B Spencer said…

Many thanks! Just updated to 14.04 and immediately realized I would have to endure using gimp's faulty "export" feature for quickly changing image format. This article was the answer.

April 1, 2015 at 10:34 AM

Steven said…

Yay - cheers. What a pos Gimp 2.8 is.

Works for me, but on linux mint 17, i also had to
remane hide sources.list.d before doing the sudo apt-get update.

February 20, 2016 at 10:52 AM

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