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Get the source and build it

gimp-2.6.5.tar.bz2   (from gimp.org)

tar xvf gimp-2.6.5.tar.bz2
cd gimp-2.6.5
./configure
make
sudo make install
Download tarballs from the project site (e.g. gimp.org) -- usually there's a Download link.

Some distros (debian, ubuntu, gentoo) also give you ways of doing it.

Actually for GIMP you're supposed to add some other magic in the ./configure step.

But for the sake of this demo I'll skip that for now.


But what if it doesn't build?