How to install Mirage on Debian 8.3

How to install Mirage on Debian 8.3

Mirage is a fast and simple GTK+ image viewer and it depends on PyFTK. It is ideal for users who want to keep their system lean while also having a image viewer. This tutorial will explain the installation procedure of Mirage on Debian.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, execute the following nano command to open the sources.list file.

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

The sources.list file is open and now add these lines at end of the file. Save and exit from the file.

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

Next run the apt-get update command to update the apt sources-list in the target system.

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]                 
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease                                        
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]         
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,900 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]  
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]                 
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
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Fetched 23.4 MB in 4min 30s (86.8 kB/s)                                                          
Reading package lists... Done

Execute the following command to install the mirage package.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install mirage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  menu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mirage
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 263 not upgraded.
Need to get 90.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 551 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main mirage amd64 0.9.5.1-3 [90.6 kB]
Fetched 90.6 kB in 1s (72.4 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package mirage.
(Reading database ... 136760 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mirage_0.9.5.1-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mirage (0.9.5.1-3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up mirage (0.9.5.1-3) ...

Once the package is installed, click the activities window and type the mirage package name in the search bar. Run the application and use it various image viewing purposes.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Mirage can cycle through various image and supports thumbnail panel for quick navigation between images.

Tag : debian mirage
Comment
jagannatharumugam
May 02 2017
In nano editor, hit Cntrl X and Y to save, whereas if Vim editor, press Esc and :wq to save the file.
vince
May 01 2017
Hello thanks for your tutorial. I am totally newbie with Debian, ubuntu..., could you please tell me how to save and exit. Thank you
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FAQ
Q
What is the command to install Mirage on Debian 8.3?
A
The command to install Mirage on Debian 8.3 is

#apt-get install mirage
Q
What is the command to install Mirage on Debian 8.3?
A
The command to install Mirage on Debian 8.3 is

#apt-get install mirage
Q
How to remove mirage application?
A
To remove mirage application use the following command.

#apt-get remove mirage -y
Q
I have CentOS 6.0, and I would like to install Mirage Image Viewer. There are Fedora RPM's availible but they don't work on CentOS. So how can I Install?
A
The first thing to do is to check the requirements:

# yum list gcc pygtk2 gtk2 python-devel libX11-devel gnome-python2
if all these packages are installed you can proceed with installation:
Q
I want to instll mirage on ubuntu distro?
A
just, follow this link, https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-mirage-in-ubuntu/