Need some GIMP help w/ tarballs

DelroyMonjo

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I d/led Gimp many years ago but have apparently lost my touch. I'm d/l'ing GIMP 2.6 and there are 20 or so tarballz. Do I d/l all of them and then use the installer or after I have extracted them to a GIMP folder will I find a Gimp.startup file in there somewhere? I downloaded the installer but it just flashes a qick command line looking box for about 1/10 of a second but won't open.
Enlighten me if you can, please.