I need an ISO of Gimp 2.1 Ubuntu Deb..

[KiddyComputers]

I'm running Linux Mint Mate 20.3 in a hundred notebooks for terminally ill kids in children's hospitals.. Often I must reinstall the OS in their computers because somehow a few of them kill the OS's.. But now when I configure the new Gimp in their notebooks, restart brings Gimp up not configured.. Seems I need an old version of Gimp for the kiddies computers running Linux Mint Mate 20.3.. I'd like to acquire a complete simple basic install ISO download of Gimp 2.1 so I can install it from a flash drive.. I just spent an hour bouncing around various older version Gimp websites downloading stuff here there and everywhere that doesn't work, in trying to find a suitable download ISO of the older Gimp that actually works in an Ubuntu-20.3 related OS, but I just can't find it.. Everything has been ultra modernized.. Can someone please tell me where I can find an old download of Gimp that actually works to install Gimp when you just click on the downloaded file...

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Does Gimp have an archives download website like how Linux Mint has this archive download website..?
https://thingsthemselves.com/linux-mint-archives/

[rich2005]

You will not get a Gimp 2.1 - I started off with Gimp 2.2 (Windows) 20 years ago.

To get anything pre Gimp 2.10 old for your Mint 20.3 you would have to compile Gimp from source. Not for the faint hearted. Mint 20.3 is based on Debian "focal" and I can not see anything pre-made for that version.

There are deb packages around for Gimp 2.8 example: https://launchpad.net/~otto-kesselgulasc.../+packages but these are eatlier than "focal". Might work or might break your installation.

There is at least one ubuntu spin-off that comes with Gimp installed - UbuntuStudio
example: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/...4/release/ but this is a "live" distro to run off a usb.

As you say, you have already investigated old options, not holding out much hope
Maybe someone will come up with better ideas.

[Ofnuts]

Gimp is not packaged for Linux by its authors. This is done by each distro. However the Gimp authors distribute a `flatpakè version, so if you can add flatpak support to your old distro you can run any recent version of Gimp on it.

Otherwise you distro is probably based on Debian Buster so you can try to get Ubuntu or Debian archives.

• https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gimp/
  
• http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gimp/
  

Mint may have an equivalent archive.