HowTo: GIMP: Install 1. GIMP Application (2024-09)

GIMP is a free Image manipulation application similar to Photoshop in features.
The installation of GIMP is now very easy. Older versions required users to run GIMP using X11 or XQuartz. GIMP now also supports Apple Silicon natively. This tutorial is only here for completeness and as a lead-in to the new method of installing the G’MIC Plug- in – read the tutorial Add G’MIC Plugin next if you wish to install this most popular plug-in for image manipulation.
[There is still on old tutorial (2017) that works with GIMP 2.8 and has a different method of installing the G’MIC plug-in.]

Here is how...