HOW TO INSTALL GIMP 2.8 ON CENTOS 6 / RHEL6

HOW TO INSTALL GIMP 2.8 ON CENTOS 6 / RHEL6

http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-introduction-whats-new.html
Lets install GIMP 2.8 in centOS 6.4

first install required packages:

yum install -y aalib aalib-devel libexif-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel
yum install -y libtiff-devel libmng-devel libXpm-devel librsvg-devel libwmf-devel
yum install -y libffi-devel webkitgtk-devel python-devel zlib-devel pygtk2-devel

Download Following Packages:

gimp-2.8.6
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.6.tar.bz2

glib-2.34.0
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.34/glib-2.34.0.tar.xz

babl-0.1.10
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/babl/0.1/babl-0.1.10.tar.bz2

gegl-0.2.0
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.2/gegl-0.2.0.tar.bz2

atk-2.2.0
http://download.gnome.org/sources/atk/2.2/atk-2.2.0.tar.bz2

cairo-1.12.16
http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.12.16.tar.xz

pango-1.29.4
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.29/pango-1.29.4.tar.bz2

gdk-pixbuf-2.24.1
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.24/gdk-pixbuf-2.24.1.tar.xz

gtk+-2.24.10
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-2.24.10.tar.xz

download and extract above 9 packages and copy to /opt

go to terminal with root and copy Following Code :-

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mkdir /opt/gimp2.8

cd /opt/babl-0.1.10
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/glib-2.34.0
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/gegl-0.2.0
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib/pkgconfig
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib
mkdir /opt/gegl
mkdir /opt/gegl/buffer
mkdir /opt/gegl/buffer/babl
cp -p /opt/gimp2.8/include/babl-0.1/babl/*.h /opt/gegl/buffer/babl/
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/atk-2.2.0
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/cairo-1.12.16
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/pango-1.29.4
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/gdk-pixbuf-2.24.1
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/gtk+-2.24.10
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib/pkgconfig
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

cd /opt/gimp-2.8.6
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gimp2.8/lib/pkgconfig
./configure –prefix=/opt/gimp2.8
make
make install

/opt/gimp2.8/bin/gimp-2.8

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It Will Take approximate (30-40 Minutes to compile)

After Compile

go to terminal and enter

/opt/gimp2.8/bin/gimp-2.8