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488 APPENDIX B INSTALLING THE GIMP ON WINDOWS Note When you click the download links, you ll be presented with a choice of mirror sites. If this step or any other is disorienting, read at least the first parts of The Longer Version below. The Longer Version: Getting the GIMP The gimp.org website has a page on GIMP for Windows which discusses various aspects of installation in some detail. More detail than you probably want, really. Referencing this matter can be interesting and informative, but if you re in a hurry, it s probably best to skip right along to the download page. Like many free and open source projects, GIMP for Windows is hosted on SourceForge, a valuable resource for all computer owners. So point your favorite browser to: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ and click on Stable. Normally, this page has two main sections, the Stable version download and Additional packages. Generally, the latter will not be needed and can safely be ignored. The first section will have a link to download the most recent versions of GTK+ and the GIMP for Windows. You ll need both. Click on the link under HTTP (it usually says Download ) for each program in turn. The order of download is unimportant, but the install order will matter. When you click the download link, you ll be referred to a page showing mirror sites on many continents. Note Mirrors are sites that host exact copies of files from a project or application s main site. This allows gimp.org and other project sites to offload some of the burden of distributing their products. Most major free and open source projects have mirror sites. It s usually best to choose the mirror in the region nearest you. In most browsers, this will initiate the download automatically. On the mirror sites page, click on the button next to the file size in the Download column. There s a natural tendency to click on the mirror s logo in the left-most column (Host), but that will take you to a website rather than delivering the file! Normally, both downloads add up to about 11MB. On completion, you should end up with two files in your download folder. One should look like gtk+[version]setup.zip, and the other gimp[version]setup.zip. Note The [version] notation is there because the GIMP can be updated at any time. So it s impossible to predict here exactly which version will be on the site by the time you read this. However, this book should be appropriate for all versions of GIMP, starting with 2.
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