How To Install GIMP on Rocky Linux 9
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GIMP on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a good free alternative to Photoshop from Adobe and comes with numerous professional editing functions for images and photos such as photo editing, graphics designing, and making illustrations. It is available for Linux, Windows, OS X, and some other OS.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the GIMP on Rocky Linux. 9.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Rocky Linux 9.
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install GIMP on Rocky Linux 9
Step 1. The first step is to update your system to the latest version of the package list. To do so, run the following commands:
sudo dnf check-update sudo dnf install dnf-utils
Step 2. Installing GIMP on Rocky Linux 9.
By default, GIMP is available on Rocky Linux 9 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the stable version of GIMP to your system:
sudo dnf install gimp
Step 3. Accessing GIMP Image Editors on Rocky Linux 9.
Once the installation is completed, open the GIMP on your system by using the application search bar. Click on the ‘Activities’ and then type ‘gimp’ in the application search box or launch the application immediately using the following command below
gimp
Congratulations! You have successfully installed GIMP. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the GIMP on your Rocky Linux 9 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official GIMP website.
