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How to install MyPaint in Ubuntu

To install MyPaint in Ubuntu

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. Mypaint application allows the artists to work in a comfortable environment. Installation of MyPaint in Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Features

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

Installation of MyPaint

First run the below command to add the required repository.

user1@linuxhelp1:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:achadwick/mypaint-testing
[sudo] password for user1: 
 A rolling build of releases and prereleases from github, where our main development takes place. We try to keep things in master and on the support branches fairly stable and tested, but things may still break with these experimental packages. Be warned! However, if you' re feeling brave, go right ahead and test them out. To add this repository, type the following 2 lines into a Terminal window:

   $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:achadwick/mypaint-testing
   $ sudo apt-get update

After which you can either go to the Software Center and choose packages from the " MyPaint testing PPA"  under " Get Software" , or to install the lot type 

   $ sudo apt-get install mypaint mypaint-data-extras 

* Homepage: http://mypaint.org/
* Upstream: https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint
* Report bugs here: https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/issues
* PPA debian tree repository: https://github.com/mypaint/debian
 
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Next update the apt source-list with the given command.

user1@linuxhelp1:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/achadwick/mypaint-testing/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.6 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                     
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB]   
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/achadwick/mypaint-testing/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,592 B]
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease           
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Fetched 117 kB in 1s (79.7 kB/s)                   
Reading package lists... Done


Finally run the below command to install the Mypaint package.

user1@linuxhelp1:~$ sudo apt-get install mypaint
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  binutils cpp-5 g++-5 gcc-5 gcc-5-base libasan2 libatomic1 libblas-common
  libblas3 libcc1-0 libcilkrts5 libgcc-5-dev libgfortran3 libgomp1 libitm1
  liblapack3 liblsan0 libmpx0 libquadmath0 libstdc++-5-dev libstdc++6 libtsan0
  libubsan0 mypaint-data python-cairo python-gi python-gi-cairo python-numpy
Suggested packages:
  binutils-doc gcc-5-locales g++-5-multilib gcc-5-doc libstdc++6-5-dbg
  gcc-5-multilib libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg
  libasan2-dbg liblsan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg
  libmpx0-dbg libquadmath0-dbg libstdc++-5-doc mypaint-data-extras gfortran
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Setting up mypaint (1.2.1~beta.1-0dev1ppa1~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...


If you want to install supporting tools, just run the below command.

user1@linuxhelp1:~$ sudo apt-get install mypaint-data-extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mypaint-data-extras
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 352 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 30.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/achadwick/mypaint-testing/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 mypaint-data-extras all 1.2.1~beta.1-0dev1ppa1~xenial1 [29.9 MB]
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Setting up mypaint-data-extras (1.2.1~beta.1-0dev1ppa1~xenial1) ...


Open the MyPaint app from Unity Dash as shown below.

Now start painting using Mypaint - The most comfortable painting tool!

Tag : Paint tool
FAQ
Q
How do I customize shortcuts?
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In the 1.2.0 version under development: head to the preferences window. There's a tab wich allows you to edit the keyboard shortcuts there.
Q
Why did I only receive part of my order?
A
We ship our items from multiple locations overseas, so orders with multiple items may arrive separately and at slightly different times.
Q
Why does not MyPaint have printing functionality?
A
Creating a good print dialog is a lot of work. And since not that many use printing, and it is very easy to use another application for this operation we do not see a good reason to implement this. People also like to do post-processing before printing and might expect things to be color managed, all things we do not plan to support in the short term. Better to focus on the drawing/painting part of our painting application.
Q
What size are the paintings?
A
Most of our paintings are 16"x20" (40x50cm) and do not include a frame. A few of our paintings are different sizes, but it will show the size when you add the product to your cart
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 pixels, mm, or other units, by using the Tool Options Panel on the UI Toolbar (the cog button).