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    How to Install GIMP on MacOS

    By RahulAugust 25, 20222 Mins Read

    GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed software for manipulating images. We can easily optimize the image, and convert their type using GIMP. It provides the power and flexibility to designers to transform images into truly unique creations. GIMP is the cross platforms application and is available for Linux, Windows, MAC OS, FreeBSD, etc.

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    This tutorial will help you to install the latest Gimp on macOS using Homebrew.

    Step 1 – Prerequisites

    Before starting the installation of GIMP using this tutorial you must have the following prerequisites

    • Terminal: You must have Mac Terminal access and little knowledge about working with the terminal application.
    • Homebrew: Homebrew is a popular package management tools used for installing most open-source software like Node. Here is the Homebrew installation tutorial

    Step 2 – Install GIMP on macOS

    GIMP can be simply installed with the homebrew package installer. However, it is not available in the current repository of homebrew, hence we have to tap into another repository by using the following command.

    brew update 
    brew tap caskroom/cask 
    

    Then use the following command to install GIMP on the macOS system.

    brew cask install gimp  
    

    Wait for the installation complete.

    install gimp macos

    Step 3 – Launch GIMP Application

    You have successfully installed GIMP on macOS. Launch this application on your system.

    Installing Gimp on MacOS

    Conclusion

    Gimp is an excellent tool for image manipulations. This tutorial helps you to install GIMP on macOS system.

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    4 Comments

    1. Mikhail on February 9, 2022 4:38 pm

      Why do we need cask here, it is possible to install gimp just by executing > brew install gimp

      Reply
    2. James Foster on February 21, 2020 2:49 pm

      Your instructions didn’t work for me. Instead do:
      > brew update
      > brew tap homebrew/cask
      > brew cask install gimp

      Reply
    3. Ryszard on February 10, 2020 7:58 am

      Rahul,
      Thank you very much. I’ll donate in couple days since I’m retiree.

      Reply
    4. Muhammad SH on September 16, 2019 4:42 am

      Nice

      Reply

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