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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. (may also be distro src pkgs)

configure/make/make install -- but I'll skip the install step (and tell you why in a minute).

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?