How To Install gimp on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp on AlmaLinux 8.
What is gimp
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful image composition and editing program, which can be extremely useful for creating logos and other graphics for webpages. GIMP has many of the tools and filters you would expect to find in similar commercial offerings, and some interesting extras as well. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.
We can use yum or dnf to install gimp on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gimp.
Install gimp on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gimp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gimp
Install gimp on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gimp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gimp
How To Uninstall gimp on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the gimp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gimp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.