X11 problem

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I have been trying to install "the gimp" and "openoffice " on my iBook G4 but keep getting error messages to the effect that X11 cannot be found(with gimp) or related messages.( I have tried to attach the error messages but can't seem to get them to work). I have installed X11 from the OSX disc that came with this machine and also downloaded from apple site and it was apparently installed successfully but still neither of these apps will run.
Can anyone help me. I tried the supplier that I bought from but had no better luck.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Is the "X11.app" application located in /Applications/Utilities/?

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I can't find it there; but I got a message whenI installed X11 that it had been successfully installed

[webexplorer]

It should be in the Applications folder.

If it is not in the Applications folder, then you should look up to search it by Spotlight (top right corner). I prefer to use my keyboard manually: command (apple icon) and F. You will know where to find it easily.

What are these software: gimp and openoffice? Is the gimp for generic printers?

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by webexplorer

It should be in the Applications folder.

The default install location for X11.app is /Applications/Utilities/, not /Applications. The only reason X11.app would be in /Applications is if you manually moved it there, or used a program like Pacifist to extract the X11.app application bundle from the install package and manually put it there.

What are these software: gimp and openoffice? Is the gimp for generic printers?

The GIMP is an image editing program (think PhotoShop). OpenOffice is an office suite (think Microsoft Office). Both are free under the GPL or GNU license (I can't remember), meaning the application and the source code is free.

The "gimp" you're thinking of was the "gimp-print" drivers, which are unrelated to The GIMP image editing program, and are now known as the "gutenprint" drivers.

The GIMP: http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/

OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/

Gutenprint: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gutenprint/

[lurk]

Also make sure that you installed X11 and not the X11sdk which is only the software development kit and not X11 itself.

[webexplorer]

Oops! You are right that it is in the Utilities folder.

[skizkit]

I'm trying to install matlab and when doing so it tells me that x11 was not found. I've downloaded x11 from apple because I cant find my installation discs and it tells me that it cannot install because newer software is present... the x11.app is not found anywhere on the volume, i tried installing x11 via the installation discs in the past but i still ran into the same problem. Any help or advice would be great. Is there anywhere I can download a "newer" version of x11 than the one available at apple?

thanks