How to Install PhotoCollage on Ubuntu 17.04

To Install PhotoCollage on Ubuntu 17.04

PhotoCollage is an open source tool written in Python and GTK+ that enables the users to easily create collages of their favorite images. By using the preferences menu, the user can set the width, color and size of both the board and the columns on images to insert. PhotoCollage is built with several abundant features and some of them are listed as follows.

Features:

• Generate random new layouts until one suits the user
• Choose border color and width
• Possible to swap photos in the generated grid
• Save high-resolution image
• Works even with a large number of photos (> 100)
• Integrates into the GNOME environment
• Available in English and French

It is very simple to install PhotoCollage on Ubuntu and this article covers the ground on the same process.

Installing PhotoCollage

In order to install PhotoCollage, it is very important to add the necessary repositories into your system. You can run the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
Every photographer needs some tools...

More info: https://launchpad.net/~dhor/+archive/ubuntu/myway
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmp9s1r8d37/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmp9s1r8d37/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E2B7D64D93330B78: public key " Launchpad PPA for Dariusz Duma"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK

Once the repositories are added, you should update them by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB]
Fetched 268 kB in 2s (101 kB/s)
Readsing package lists... Done

Now is the time to install PhotoCollage, simply trigger the following command to kick-start the installation process.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install photocollage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
photocollage
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 285 not upgraded.
Need to get 162 kB of archives.
After this operation, 550 kB of additional disk space will be used.
0% [Working]
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 photocollage all 1.4.3-2 [162 kB]
Fetched 162 kB in 2s (71.1 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package photocollage.
(Reading database ... 172738 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../photocollage_1.4.3-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking photocollage (1.4.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Setting up photocollage (1.4.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...

We are now through with the installation. You can launch the application by going to your Ubuntu dashboard and typing photocollage. The application icon gets displayed on the screen. Click the icon to open.

The application is now open, you can choose an image by clicking on Add Images.

The image has been added.

You can open the Settings to adjust the width , border, color, etc.

With this, the installation of PhotoCollage on Ubuntu 17.04 gets completed.