Gimp and Inkscape under Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on November 5, 2012 by t-geek

Gimp and Inkscape are free open-source pieces of software I use during the design process of my amps.

They both need X11 window management system, but Apple does not support X11 under OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion any longer.

X11-OSX-1

You need to download and install XQuartz, following this link : http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

XQuartzOnce installed, log out and then log in. I prefered to reboot …

XQuartz MAC OS X Mountain Lion X11

After reboot, when you run Inkscape for the first time, it needs to know where X11 is, so browse folders and find it in the Applications->Utilities folder :

Inkscape-Where-is-X11 XQuartz Mountain Lion OS X MacInkscape-Where-is-X11 XQuartz Mountain Lion OS X Mac 2

And … yesssss :-) !

Inkscape X11 XQuartz Mountain Lion OS X Mac

And Gimp works as well !

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