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Gimp 2.7.3  build system ubuntu 11.04 64bit - Snapshot from 30.june.2011

Build params are: --without-dbus --without-hal --without-alsa --disable-gtk-doc

#01 delete or make a backup first for your .gimp-2.7 folder in your home dir

mv ~/.gimp-2.7 ~/gimp-2.7-backup

#02 unpack gimp

sudo tar xzvf gimp-2.7.3.tar.gz -C /opt

#03 softlink to your home dir

ln -s /opt/gimp-2.7.3/bin/gimp-2.7 ~/gimp-2.7

# easy uninstall

# remove build
sudo rm -Rf /opt/gimp-2.7.3
# remove softlink
rm -f ~/gimp-2.7
# remove your gimp profile
rm -Rf ~/.gimp-2.7