OS X Tiger and The Gimp

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OS X Tiger and The Gimp

I have installed the software The Gimp but when trying to open it, it asks for apple's X11, I found it on the Mac OS X Tiger install DVD and correctly installed apple's X11, but The Gimp goes on asking for Apple's X11. Does anybody know why ? Many thanks by advance, BF

867MHz power PC G4 Dual 512Mb, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 17, 2009 8:28 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 17, 2009 8:35 AM in response to babar

It sounds like you did not install it correctly. Do you have an application called X11 in the Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities)? Does it run?

The correct way to install X11 is run the installer named "Optional Installs" on the Tiger DVD. If you simply searched for a package with "x11" in the name, then you probably got the wrong one.

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Limnos

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Mar 17, 2009 8:38 AM in response to babar

I don't know if this is the reason but your Mac OS X (10.4.8) is an older version of Tiger than specified on http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html

Update using the 10.4.11 combo update link for:

[PowerPC-based Macs|http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html]

[About the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update|http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24901?viewlocale=en_US]

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