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How to install Krita 4.1.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Krita 4.1.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Krita is a raster graphics editor based on Qt 5 and the KDE Frameworks 5 and is designed to be a digital painting application. Krita contains key features like the ability to work with both bitmap and vector illustration. This tutorial will explain on how to install krita on Ubuntu 18.04.


Features
&bull A large set of default brushes
&bull Customizable brush presets
&bull Multiple brush engines, supports pressure sensitivity, tilt and other features of graphics tablets
&bull Wrap around mode canvas for creating and visualizing seamlessly tiled textures


Installation

Update the system repository using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease       
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Krita package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install krita -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  i965-va-driver kinit kio krita-data kwayland-data kwayland-integration liba52-0.7.4
  libaacs0 libaribb24-0 libass9 libavcodec57 libavformat57 libavutil55
  libbasicusageenvironment1 libbdplus0 libbluray2 libcddb2 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3
  libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libdc1394-22 libdca0 libdouble-conversion1 libdvbpsi10 libdvdnav4
  libdvdread4 libebml4v5 libfaad2 libfam0 libgif7 libgme0 libgroupsock8 libgsl23 libgslcblas0
  libgsm1 libhfstospell9 libkate1 libkf5archive5 libkf5auth-data libkf5auth5
  libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5completion-data libkf5completion5 libkf5config-bin
  libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 libkf5configgui5 libkf5configwidgets-data
  libkf5configwidgets5 libkf5coreaddons-data libkf5coreaddons5 libkf5crash5
  libkf5dbusaddons-bin libkf5dbusaddons-data libkf5dbusaddons5 libkf5doctools5
.
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Setting up libkf5service-bin (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5notifications5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5textwidgets5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkwalletbackend5-5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5wallet5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5kiocore5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5wallet-bin (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5kiowidgets5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kio (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kinit (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setcap worked for /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit!
Setting up krita (2:4.1.0-1~bionic) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (3.0.2-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Krita from the Menu as shown here

Krita application

The version of Krita can be found in Help-> About


With this, the method to install Krita 4.1.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Photo editor tools Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
What tablets does Krita support?
A
Krita isn’t much fun without a pressure sensitive tablet. If the tablet has been properly configured, Krita works with Wacom, Huion and other uc-logic based tablets, on Windows and Linux (look below for more infos on Huion Linux support). Genius tablets are know to have problems.
Q
What are its features assosiated with this?
A
A large set of default brushes
Customizable brush presets
Multiple brush engines, supports pressure sensitivity, tilt and other features of graphics tablets
Wrap around mode canvas for creati
Q
Is there a package for OSX?
A
We have acquired a Mac Mini and are looking into packages for OSX. Be warned – half the brush engines are missing, Krita only sees 1GB of memory and there are more bugs.
Q
Where are the configuration files stored?
A
These are stored at the following places for the following operating systems:

Linux
$HOME/.config/kritarc
Windows
%APPDATA%\Local\kritarc
MacOS X
$HOME/Library/Preferences/kritarc
Q
Does Krita have layer clip or clipping mask?
A
Krita has no clipping mask, but it has a clipping feature called inherit alpha. Let’s see this page and learn how to do clipping in Krita!