How do I delete GIMP COMPLETELY from my imac?

Question

I jsut downloaded GIMP, and I couldn't be more confused. I tried to drag the icon on my desktop to the trash, but then an 'eject' button shows up, and a pop up says "The disk Gimp could not be ejected." Why is it calling it a disk, i installed it online?
Anyway, I want to know how to delete all of it's files completely. I'm having hard time deleting it.
Also, if I delete it, will it free up some space or once it's downloaded is the space gone for good, regardless if you delete it or not?

Answer 1

There are a few different packages for GIMP, the image manipulator tool. Likely you installed Gimp.app, a self contained installer bundle. The .dmg file from there is a disk image. When you click it it appears as a drive on your computer. From there you can drag the application to your Applications folder or wherever.

What probably is going on is you ran the GIMP from that temporary drive without copying it to your system disk. It can't be ejected because it is in use. Close all GIMP windows, any readme documentation you might have opened, and try trashing it again.

When you do get it ejected you can then trash the .dmg file. You also can remove any files you dragged out of your GIMP disk to your system disk. When these is deleted you get the space back.