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How to install PhotoFlow in Ubuntu

To install PhotoFlow in Ubuntu

Photoflow is an image editing software for Linux distributions. It allows the users to edit the raw images to high quality. Photoflow is featured with the basic image editing tools and support Layer grouping and Layer Masks. Installation of Photoflow in Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Installation of PhotoFlow

Add a PPA repository manually to install Photoflow.

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: keyring `/tmp/tmp2gnw_t38/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp2gnw_t38/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 93330B78 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp2gnw_t38/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 93330B78: public key " Launchpad PPA for Dariusz Duma"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Then update the added system repositories with the below command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15.4 kB]             
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease                         
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease                                
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease                                                  
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources                                      
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main amd64 Packages [12.2 kB]                   
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources                              
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main i386 Packages [12.0 kB]      
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease                      
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main Translation-en [8,565 B]                              
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources                                                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources                                            
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages                                                                                                   
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages                                                                                                     
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages                                                                                                   
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                                                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                                                                                                  
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                                                                                                  
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                                                                    
Fetched 48.2 kB in 26s (1,852 B/s)                                                                                                                                         
Reading package lists... Done


Now its time to install Photoflow with the below given command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install photoflow -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  imagemagick-common libcdt5 libcfitsio2 libcgraph6 libfftw3-double3 libgfortran3 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgsl0ldbl libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libgvc6 libhdf5-10
  libilmbase12 liblqr-1-0 libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmatio2 libopenexr22 libopenjpeg5 libopenslide0 libpathplan4 libpugixml1v5 libvips38v5 libvips42 nip2
Suggested packages:
  libfftw3-bin libfftw3-dev gsl-ref-psdoc gsl-doc-pdf gsl-doc-info gsl-ref-html libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra libvips-doc libvips-tools
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Setting up libhdf5-10:amd64 (1.8.15-patch1+docs-4) ...
Setting up libilmbase12:amd64 (2.2.0-5) ...
Setting up libmatio2:amd64 (1.5.2-3build2) ...
Setting up libopenexr22:amd64 (2.2.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libvips38v5:amd64 (7.40.6-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libvips42:amd64 (8.2.1-dhor1~wily) ...
Setting up nip2 (7.40.4-1build1) ...
Setting up photoflow (0.2.6-3dhor~wily) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...


Open the Photoflow application from the Unity dash as shown below.

Click on Open option to select the image.

Here you can change the background.

Add new layer as show below.

Click on save option.

Choose the location to save the edited image.


Tag : Open Stack
FAQ
Q
what is the current version of PhotoFlow?
A
The current version of PhotoFlow is 0.2.8
Q
What is PhotoFlow?
A
*Photoflow is an image editing software for Linux distributions. It allows the users to edit the raw images to high quality.
*Photoflow is featured with the basic image editing tools and support Layer grouping and Layer Masks.
Q
How to install Photoflow on Fedora?
A
Now its time to install Photoflow with the below-given command:
# apt-get install photoflow
Q
How can I change the background?
A
By following the instruction:
1. Click on the Open option to select the image.
2. Here you can change the background.
3. Add a new layer as shown below.
Q
How to add a PPA repository manually?
A
By running the following command:
# add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway