GIMP for Mac OS X

GIMP

Getting and Installing GIMP

There are various ways to obtain and install GIMP for your Macintosh. In addition to the source code distribution here on www.gimp.org, there are various alternative sources for packaged and even commercially distributed CDs, which aim to make installation and setup an easier task. These include:

GIMP on OS X provides application bundles of of GIMP 2.6 for Mac OS X users.
MacPorts provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on Mac OS X. They have GIMP 2.6 in the latest revisions.

Requirements

GIMP will only run on Mac OS X, not on version 9 or earlier of the Macintosh operating system. There are a number of reasons why it is unlikely that GIMP will ever run on older versions of Mac OS. In addition to Mac OS X, the following is a list of what you will need to run GIMP on your Macintosh:

X Windowing Layer
GIMP uses a separate windowing layer, the X11 windowing protocol, on Mac OS X, which must be installed first. The XQuartz project provides this functionality. There you can download the most recent version of X11.app.
Graphics libraries and toolkits
Unlike most GNU/Linux distributions, Mac OS X does not come with the open source libraries upon which GIMP is built. These are typically installed along with GIMP, but can be installed separately. If you want to compile GIMP from source, we suggest that you use MacPorts or fink to install the libraries it depends on.

Help and Documentation

GIMP Documentation

Gimper.net is the home of the wilber-loves-apple forum, where you can find many useful information about GIMP on Mac OS X.