Using GIMP 2.10 and 3.0 on the same PC

[Krikor]

Hello everyone,

It seems that version 3.0 is approaching.

Unfortunately, many tasks (most of them) will become more difficult due to the inoperability of third-party plugins/scripts.

The question that brings me here is:

Will it be possible to keep my version 2.10 and have version 3.0 running at the same time without conflicts?

If so, how should I proceed (install) when downloading and testing version 3.0?

Thanks for the clarification!

Note: I will probably no longer use the portable version after version 3.0, so my intention is to have version 2.10 in portable mode and version 3.0 in standard mode.

[PixLab]

(11 hours ago)Krikor Wrote: Hello everyone,

It seems that version 3.0 is approaching.

Unfortunately, many tasks (most of them) will become more difficult due to the inoperability of third-party plugins/scripts.

The question that brings me here is:

Will it be possible to keep my version 2.10 and have version 3.0 running at the same time without conflicts?

If so, how should I proceed (install) when downloading and testing version 3.0?

Thanks for the clarification!

Note: I will probably no longer use the portable version after version 3.0, so my intention is to have version 2.10 in portable mode and version 3.0 in standard mode.

It should be possible to keep both version (if I recall I read it somewhere), and you should have nothing to do. Why? Because profile and plugins will be in the folder 3.0 instead of 2.0
Also look at my config, they are in 2 separate folder, and I did nothing when I installed GIMP 2.99.xx

   

Now, having said that, some-one need to confirm or disaffirm my affirmations

[rich2005]

Yes, that is correct. Windows users can install the Gimp 3 RC1 alongside their existing Gimp 2.10 https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/windows/

Linux users try out the appimage mentioned in another post. No need to self-compile just to try-out.

The Use profiles are separate as PixLab shows.

See first hand how much you will hate it.