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How to install PhotoQt in Ubuntu

To install PhotoQt in Ubuntu

PhotoQT is an open-source image viewer designed with advanced manipulation features and file management. It allows the users to rotate, flip and zoom images. Users can also able to delete or move and rename the images. Installation of PhotoQt in Ubuntu is discussed in this article.

Installation of PhotoQt

Use “ apt-add-repository” command to add the photoqt repo file.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-add-repository ppa:lumas/photoqt
 Contains packages for PhotoQt Image Viewer.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~lumas/+archive/ubuntu/photoqt
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmptzl5s_9a/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmptzl5s_9a/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 14FAB9FD from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmptzl5s_9a/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 14FAB9FD: public key " Launchpad PPA for Lukas Spies"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Next update the apt source with the “ apt-get update” command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/sunflower/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease              
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                     
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial InRelease        
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial InRelease       
Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease     
Ign:8 https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04  InRelease
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/daily/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:10 https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04  Release
Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/forkotov02/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gns3/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lumas/photoqt/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB]
Hit:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/me-davidsansome/clementine/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mystic-mirage/komodo-edit/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/unstable/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wereturtle/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lumas/photoqt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [724 B]
Get:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lumas/photoqt/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [724 B]
Get:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lumas/photoqt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [240 B]
Fetched 37.3 kB in 4s (8,338 B/s)                                           
Reading package lists... Done
W: https://www.arangodb.com/repositories/arangodb3/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4497DA50FBD0158CCFD1996CEE611E131C42E360 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)


Run the following command to install the PhotoQT.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install photoqt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  exiv2 graphicsmagick libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12 libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
  libqgsttools-p1 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediaquick-p5
  libqt5multimediawidgets5 libraw-bin qml-module-qtmultimedia
  qml-module-qtqml-models2 qml-module-qtquick-controls
  qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets
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Setting up qml-module-qtmultimedia:amd64 (5.5.1-4ubuntu2) ...
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets:amd64 (5.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up qml-module-qtquick-dialogs:amd64 (5.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up qml-module-qtqml-models2:amd64 (5.5.1-2ubuntu6) ...
Setting up photoqt (1.4.1-9) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

PhotoQT is ready to use. Enter ' photoqt' on the terminal to open the application.

root@linuxhelp:~# photoqt

Welcome page will appear on the screen, then click on the “ lets get started” option to proceed.

Next it shows the shortcuts, click “ got it” to open the photoqt workspace.

Select the image directory to choose the required image.

Here click on any image displayed in the directory.

Mouse over to the right corner of the image viewer to get main menu slide window as shown below. Now start edit and modify your image with the image editors.


Tag : Photo editor tools
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What browsers are supported?
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what are the features of photoqt??
A
Based on Qt5/QML Support of many image formats Touchscreen support
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How to find photoqt version?
A
photoqt --version
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how to remove photoqt application?
A
# apt-get remove --autoremove photoqt
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