[wplug] OS X + X11

[Jonathan S. Billings]

On 09/19/2006 07:24 AM, Weber, Larry A wrote:
> I want to run GIMP on an OS X iMAC.  I downloaded GIMP but it will not 
> run without X11.  I checked the Apple website and they say that it is on 
> the OS X distro disk.  I could only find the X11 SDK so I installed it, 
> thinking that X11 would be bundled with it.  It may be but GIMP can't 
> find it.  So to my questions.

I believe that you might have had the option to install X11.app during 
install, but it's probably got a package on the main install disk in a 
folder called "Other Installers" (or something like that).  It might 
already be on your iMac too -- check in your /Applications folder for a 
program called X11.

> Where is X11 on the distro disk and how do I install it?  If it is not 
> on the disk, is it available elsewhere?

I don't believe you can download it off the web site anymore.

> Do I need to start it prior to running GIMP?

When I tried the Gimp on my Mac, it started X11 automatically.

> Will installing X11 affect the normal OS X GUI?  I had guessed that the 
> normal OS X GUI was X11 based but apparently not?

X11 is a completely different display layer, that works with the OSX GUI 
when X11.app is running.  OSX is not based on X11.  Think of X11.app 
more like XWin32 running on top of Windows.  (Although, IMO, X11.app 
works a lot better with MacOSX).

PS: It's called an iMac.  When I see the term MAC I think of ethernet 
hardware.

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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>

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