Homebrew is similar to Macports and provides packages (aka formulas) to install, either by compiling them from source or by using pre-made binaries. Port file pointed to the current stable releaseĪnd we have reports from people who've built GIMP To install gimp using Macports, you simply do sudo port install gimp once you have Macports installed. The installer allows you to choose from a large directory of packages. MacportsĪn easy way to compile and install GIMP and other great Free software on your Mac is by using Macports. Previous installers for macOS/OSX can be found here:. Just open the downloaded DMG and drag and drop GIMP into your 'Applications' folder. It works on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and later. The official GIMP 2.8 DMG installer (linked above) is a stock GIMP build without any add-ons. Since the 2.8.2 version, GIMP runs on macOS/OSX natively. If the mirrors do not work or you would rather download directly from our server, you can get the direct download here. The download links above will attempt to download GIMP from one of our trusted mirror servers. Please refer to the documentation for your Unix-like system on the installation of software. GIMP can also run on Solaris and is available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

Nevertheless, note that many distros decide to pin a specific version of GIMP to their releases, whereas our flatpak will follow GIMP releases closely. It is the preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates. It's very likely your Unix-like system distribution already comes with a GIMP package.

The flatpak build is very new and therefore may have shortcomings. If that is the case, ensure flatpak is installed and if clicking the link still does not prompt to install GIMP, then manually install by command line: It may not work out-of-the-box on some platforms since the flatpak technology is new. The flatpak link above should open your software installer and prompt you to install GIMP (available platforms: i386, x86-64, ARM and AArch64).

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