How to install Krita 4.1.1 on MX 17
To install Krita 4.1.1 on MX 17
Krita is a free and open source digital painting tool designed for concept artists, illustrators, matte and texture artists, and the VFX industry. It is built based on Qt 5 and KDE frameworks and is one of the widely used rastor graphics editor. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Krita on MX 17.
Installation
Update the system repository using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.cn.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://ftp.cn.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:5 http://ftp.cn.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Hit:6 http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch InRelease
Hit:8 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch InRelease
Hit:9 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch InRelease
Hit:10 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/mx-workspace/mx/testrepo stretch InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Install the Krita package using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install krita -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-soup-2.4 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libgegl-0.3-0 libgoo-canvas-perl
libgoocanvas-common libgoocanvas3 libgtk2-ex-simple-list-perl libgtk2-imageview-perl
libgtkimageview0 liblastfm1 liblivemedia57 libmygpo-qt1 libopenmpt-modplug1 libpgm-5.2-0
libqjson0 libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network libqt4-script
libqt4-scripttools libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtassistantclient4 libqxt-core0
libqxt-gui0 libsane-perl libsdl-image1.2 libsodium18 libssh-gcrypt-4 libvlccore8 libx264-148
libzmq5 python-qt4
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Setting up libkf5jobwidgets5:amd64 (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up libkf5service5:amd64 (5.28.0-1) ...
Setting up libkf5notifications5:amd64 (5.28.0-1) ...
Setting up libkwalletbackend5-5:amd64 (5.28.0-3) ...
Setting up libkf5wallet5:amd64 (5.28.0-3) ...
Setting up libkf5configwidgets5:amd64 (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up libkf5service-bin (5.28.0-1) ...
Setting up libkf5iconthemes5:amd64 (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up libkf5kiocore5:amd64 (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up libkf5wallet-bin (5.28.0-3) ...
Setting up libkf5textwidgets5:amd64 (5.28.0-1) ...
Setting up libkf5kiowidgets5:amd64 (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up kio (5.28.0-2) ...
Setting up krita (1:4.1.1-0.1~mx17+1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u3) ...
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 4.1.1 on MX 17 comes to an end.
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!
Q
How Can Krita work with 8 bit (indexed) images?
A
No. Krita has been designed from the ground up to use real colors, not indexed palettes. There are no plans to support indexed color images, although Krita can export to some indexed color image formats, such as GIF.
Q
What are the alternatives for krita?
A
Adobe products like adobe photoshop or adobe illustrator which are paid ones and also like Affinity Photo
Q
How to run app image for krita?
A
Right-click on the downloaded appimage file and click properties. Click on Permissions tab and check the box to make it executable after that close and double click on it.
"$HOME/.config/kritarc"