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How to install MyPaint 1.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install MyPaint 1.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

MyPaint is a simple painting tool designed with Wacom-data-style graphics tablets. It is featured with highly configurable brush engine, speed, and a full-screen mode. The paint application allows the artists to work in a comfortable environment. The method to install MyPaint application is so simple and this tutorial covers the ground on installing MyPaint on Ubuntu 18.04.

Features

&bull Inking tool for smooth strokes.
&bull Flood Fill tool.
&bull Several masking modes
&bull Clearer icons and freehand cursors.
&bull Accelerator map editor
&bull Many other bugfixes, translations, and code quality improvements.

Installation

Before installation, you need to update the system repository using this following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [83.2 kB]
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Fetched 166 kB in 1s (113 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

After updating repo you can install it as follows 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install mypaint -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.

The following additional packages will be installed:


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Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Setting up python-gi-cairo (3.26.1-2) ...
Setting up liblapack3:amd64 (3.7.1-4ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3 to provide /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblapack.so.3 (liblapack.so.3-x86_64-linux-gnu) in auto mode
Setting up python-numpy (1:1.13.3-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up mypaint (1.2.0-4.1) ...

After the installation, you can access the application from the activity menu


You can verify the application from the help menu

with this, the method install MyPaint 1.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Paint tool Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How do I print the work I created using MyPaint?
A
As of August 2015, there is no "Print" functionality in MyPaint, so you will have to use another application. For instance GIMP, or a image viewer with printing functionality.
Q
Does MyPaint rotate the image itself or just the view?
A
MyPaint only rotates the view (which is why the rotate actions are found under the view menu), and not the image data. This means that if you actually do want to rotate the image itself, you will need to use another application.
Q
How do I know how large my image is?
A
Starting with version 1.1.0, MyPaint features a frame tool which allows you to control how big your document is, and this has a "Crop to Document" command. The image size can be adjusted in p
Q
Can MyPaint save in Gimp XCF format so layers can be preserved when the canvas is ready to be moved to it?
A
No. MyPaint can't save in Gimp XCF format, but it's possible to save as OpenRaster if you want layers to be preserved. The current version of GIMP has built-in ORA support; for earlier versi
Q
How can I make a cursor icon visible when using a tablet in a VM?
A
In Windows, try turning on "Display pointer trails" in the Mouse settings, but turn the setting down to the shortest trail possible: