How to install Nomacs on Debian 9.0

To install Nomacs on Debian 9.0

Nomacs is a free, open source and cross-platform image viewer that is mostly used for viewing all the common image formats including RAW and psd images. Nomacs also includes image manipulation methods for adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma and exposure. Activating the cacher allows to instantly switch between images. This tutorial explains the installation of Nomacs on Debian 9.0.

Installation procedure

Before starting the installation procedure, add the repo by using nano command to open the sources.list configuration file. Now add these lines at end of the file. Save and exit from the file.

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

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main

Once the required repositories are added, update the apt sources.list file by running the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelppp:~# apt-get update
Ign:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease [62.9 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB] 
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release                                    
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources [86.7 kB]
Get:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Sources [60.9 kB]
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main amd64 Packages [155 kB]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Translation-en [70.1 kB]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages [137 kB]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en [71.9 kB]
Fetched 737 kB in 2s (295 kB/s)            
Reading package lists... Done

The repositories are added to the target system and updated. Next install the Nomacs package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelppp:~# apt-get install nomacs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libnomacscore3 libnomacsgui3 libnomacsloader3 libquazip1 nomacs-l10n
Suggested packages:
  libquazip-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libnomacscore3 libnomacsgui3 libnomacsloader3 libquazip1 nomacs nomacs-l10n
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,473 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,360 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Setting up nomacs (3.4.1+dfsg-5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u1) ...

The package has been installed successfully in the target system. Type the Nomacs package name in the Activities window and click on the icon to run the application. The Nomacs application is running successfully in the system.

The installation procedure of Nomacs in Debian 9.0.

FAQ
Q
How to install Nomacs on Ubuntu?
A
By running the following command to install nomacs on ubuntu:
# apt-get install nomacs
Q
How to make an unattended installation of nomacs?
A
When using Windows you can make an unattended installation of nomacs:

# nomacs-setup-x64.msi /passive
Q
Does nomacs support Windows XP and/or Vista?
A
The answer is yes and no. So neither Windows XP nor Vista is supported in future developments since nomacs 3.0. However, nomacs 2.4.6 is a pretty stable version which you can use on these operating systems.
Q
What does nomacs mean?
A
First, when we started with the RAW support, the Macbeth color charts mostly did not have the colors expected when we loaded the images in nomacs. Second, we solely supported Windows and Ubuntu in the beginning. At this point, we want to thank all the supporters who translate nomacs or build it on other OS.
Q
what are the linux os Nomacs can support for?
A
Nomacs can support for the following Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE and rest of other os you can use source code