I've managed to build gimp from source on a mac 10.6.6. The instructions at http://clockwork.fr/how-to-compile-gimp-271-on-snow-leopard/ were mostly correct for me. I have to reinstall macport and install git. (FYI, the git package does not create the git script in the usual path, so you have to add a sym link after the install.) I also have to install gettext form source because macport refused to upgrade it to the version needed.
The autogen line for the gegl line was not quite right. I think it should be ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gimp-2.7 --disable-gtk-doc --disable-docs or something like that. I think I have to add that to gimp's autogen as well. After gimp finished building, it is a binart in /opt/gimp-2.7/bin. You have to start up xdarwin then run gimp using the terminal command gimp-2.7 --display=:0.0. Hope this helps others. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Joseph D. Valley > <joseph.val...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Problem: Gimp will not open >> Solution: Gimp opens >> >> Here's my machine and os: MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.6 >> >> Here's what I have done so far. >> >> 1. Downloaded Gimp: GIMP-2.6.11-Snow-Leopard.dmg >> 2. Downloaded XQuartz-2.6.0.dmg >> 3. Inserted Mac startup disks and installed X11 per instructions from >> >> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-YU1eU36wZAJ:darwingimp.sourceforge.net/guides/install_leopard/+problems+with+gimp+osx&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com >> >> Here's what happens when I open gimp: >> 1. X11 opens >> 2. Nothing > > > I've had a similar problem. Since I'm not sure if this list > accepts attachments, I won't attach an example of the > crash log in Library/Logs/CrashReporter. The basic idea seems to be > that GIMP cannot find X11: > > Dyld Error Message: > Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libXrender.1.dylib > Referenced from: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gimp-2.6 > Reason: image not found > > Binary Images: > 0x7fff5fc00000 - 0x7fff5fc3bdef dyld 132.1 (???) > <B536F2F1-9DF1-3B6C-1C2C-9075EA219A06> /usr/lib/dyld > > System Profile: > Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B08, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel > Xeon, 2.26 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f5 > Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATI Radeon HD 4870, PCIe, 512 MB > > On the other hand, I have an imac, also running 10.6.6, which runs GIMP > just fine. > > > >> >> What might I do to successfully open Gimp? >> >> Kindly, >> >> Joe Valley >> _______________________________________________ >> Gimp-user mailing list >> Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU >> https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user >> > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user