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How to install Krita in Debian 8.3

To install Krita on Debian 8.3

Krita is a free and open-source tool used by digital painters, concept artists, and illustrators. Krita is built based on Qt 5 and KDE Framework. It is a simple to install tool and this article explains the installation of Krita on Debian 8.3

Installing Krita

Before installing Krita, make sure you add its repository. Use the following command to open the apt sources.list file on which you should add the repository. 

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list


Once the file is opened, add the following lines to the file. 

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

Once the lines are added, save and exit the file.

Now you need to update the apt source list as follows. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease           
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]                  
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease                                        
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]          
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]   
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]               
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]  
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release [148 kB]      
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Fetched 23.4 MB in 1min 51s (210 kB/s)                                                          
Reading package lists... Done

All is set for the installation of Krita. Use the following command to install the Krita package. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install krita
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  calligra-data calligra-libs docbook-xsl fonts-freefont-ttf fonts-lyx javascript-common
  kate-data katepart kde-runtime kde-runtime-data kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
  kdoctools krita-data libattica0.4 libbasicusageenvironment0 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3
  libdbusmenu-qt2 libdlrestrictions1 libdvbpsi9 libebml4 libfam0 libgles1-mesa libgles2-mesa
  libgpgme++2 libgroupsock1 libiodbc2 libiso9660-8 libjs-jquery libkactivities-bin
  libkactivities-models1 libkactivities6 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4 libkdcraw-data
  libkdcraw23 libkde3support4 libkdeclarative5 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5
  libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
  libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkpty4
  libkrosscore4 libkrossui4 libktexteditor4 libkxmlrpcclient4 liblivemedia23 libmatroska6
  libmysqlclient18 libnepomuk4 libnepomukcore4 libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4
  libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0 libopencolorio1 libphonon4 libphononexperimental4 libplasma3
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Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u2) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.20-0+deb8u1) ...

Krita has been successfully installed. Use your Activities search bar to find and launch the Krita application.

It was a simple installation method, wasn' t it? Krita application is used for developing drawings, sketches, and other kind of visual arts. Also, Krtia supports various formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF. Krita has several design tools such as erase tool, brushes and colors, gradients and filters. Enjoy creating your artwork using Krita.

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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 should work out of the box.

On Windows, you need to either install the Wintab drivers for your tablet, or enable the Windows 8 Pointer Input option in Krita’s settings.
Q
How much memory does my image take?
A
For simple images, its easy to calculate: you multiply width * height * channels * size of the channels (so, for a 1000×1000 16 bit integer rgba image: 1000 x 1000 x 4 x 2). You multiply this by the number of layers plus two (one for the image, one for the display). If you add masks, filter layers or clone layers, it gets more complicated.
Q
What Graphics Cards does Krita support?
A
Krita can use OpenGL to accelerate painting and canvas zooming, rotation and panning. Nvidia and recent Intel GPUs give the best results. Make sure your OpenGL drivers support OpenGL 3.2 as the minimum. AMD/ATI GPU’s are known to be troublesome, especially with the proprietary drivers on Linux. However, it works perfectly with the Radeon free driver on linux for supported AMD GPU.
Q
Where are the configuration files stored?
A
These are stored at the following places for the following operating systems:

Linux
$HOME/.config/kritarc
Q
Where are my resources stored?
A
The records are stored in that page
Linux
$HOME/.local/share/krita/