Merge pull request #45 from emsspree/How-To-Install

Update the 'How to install' file to a markdown format.
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Just Extract all *hidden* folder to your home repository
.icons
.var
.local
Only works with flatpak version for GIMP.

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# How to install PhotoGIMP
## On Linux with flatpak version of GIMP
Extract all hidden folders
- `.icons`
- `.var`
- `.local`
to your Home directory. Make sure there is no `~/.config/gimp` folder!
## On Linux with GIMP installed through package manager —or— On *BSD
Extract all hidden folders
- `.icons`
- `.var`
- `.local`
to your Home directory and then move the subfolder
- `.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10`
to `~/.config/gimp/2.10`.
Afterwards you can delete `.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP` respectively `.var` (if not used otherwise!).
## On macOS
Unpack the whole archive and copy/move only the subfolder
—or—
Extract only the subfolder
- `.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10`
(inside the hidden folder `.var`)
into the folder `~/Library/Application Support/GIMP`.
Afterwards you can delete `.var`.