I decided to try out the Darwingimp/Wilber loves Apple Port and read their guide and had no problems installing it. I opened that up and the program instantly crashed. When I issued the command to start up the GIMP (Step #9), “no command could be found.” So, I noticed that Macports had created a folder with a GIMP icon inside in the /Applications Folder. Macports and its packages completed its updates after 6 hours with no errors reported. You’re updated :) Go to Step #9 and start up the GIMP.Įdit: After being away from my computer for 6 months, I issued a sudo port -v selfupdate (Step #10) and sudo port upgrade outdated (Step #12). Then, issue this command to update the outdated software:ġ3. If you want a list of what packages are outdated and have upgrades available, just issue this command: (You can skip #11 and go straight to #12 if you don’t want to see what has been updated).ġ2. To update the list of the most current macports packages, issue:ġ1. Even if it’s updated on the gimp website on, the macports edition may not be updated.ġ0. The Gimp should now open, all fine and dandy :) X11 is located in the Utilities, under the Application Folder. Make sure a proper setup for your display environment existsħ. GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface. if you open up your command prompt and just type in: gimp.
As the guide mentions, make sure that it installed fine:
#Running gimp on mac install#
Fetch the gimp package and install all of its dependent packages : Run the follow command to get any updates to the program to ensure all of the programs (I believe Macports installs a couple programs by default) are up to date:ĥ. OR (better yet), get out your Tiger Install disks and the x11 page should be on there.ģ. Make sure you have X11 installed [ check out a page on the apple site – To install GIMP on OSX run: brew cask install gimp.
DMG file and moving it to your Applications folder – familiarity with the command line is essential. GIMP is one of the best graphics editor available, it’s completely free and open-source and comes pre-installed by default on many Linux distribution.
Unfortunately, it’s harder than just opening a. (If you’re already a macports user and upgrading from Gimp 2.2.14 to 2.2.16 or newer r ead this post of mine) Of course, feel free to comment and share your experiences with my howto.
#Running gimp on mac how to#
Briefly, How to install gimp on Mac OS X (Tiger)(PPC):ĮDIT: Read this section to install the GIMP with a DMG method (Easier)
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