How to install Rassam paint in Ubuntu

To install Rassam paint in Ubuntu

Rassam Paint is an open source application that is much similar to Microsoft’ s Paint tool. It is designed especially for linux. Installation of Rassam paints is explained in this article.

To install Rassam

Before starting with the installation of Rassam. Download the Debian package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install gdebi -y  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up gnome-icon-theme (3.12.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libcairo-perl (1.105-1) ...
Setting up libglib-perl (3:1.307-3) ...
Setting up libpango-perl (1.226-2) ...
Setting up libgtk2-perl (2:1.2496-1) ...
Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-3ubuntu5) ...
Setting up gksu (2.0.2-9ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...


Run the following command to download the Debian package for rassam paint.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget github.com/benohb/rassam-paint/releases/download/1.0/rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb  
--2016-08-30 05:55:07--  http://github.com/benohb/rassam-paint/releases/download/1.0/rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1005990 (982K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb’ 

rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb                    100%[=================================================================================================> ] 982.41K   180KB/s   in 5.5s   

2016-08-30 05:55:15 (180 KB/s) - ‘ rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb’  saved [1005990/1005990]


Utilise the following command to install the Debian package.

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Rassam-paint is an open source image editor with functions similar to MS paint . it depends on GTK 2 and support popular graphics image formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP and others) Rassam-paint features basic shapes, text, paths, transforms,
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package rassam-paint.
(Reading database ... 176636 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack rassam-paint_1.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rassam-paint (1.0) ...
Setting up rassam-paint (1.0) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.2~bzr0+15.10.20150627.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...

To launch Rassam

Open the application by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# rassam-paint  

Tag : Paint tool
FAQ
Q
What is the Raasam paint?
A
Rassam-paint is an open source bitmap editing and drawing with the
following advanced features :Free Selection Tool,Zoom ,Undo,Text Tool,Color
palettes,Dynamic resize image,Pencil ,Lines, Rectangles , Color Picker,
Round Brush , Flood Fill , Rectangle,Filters,And more... Rassam-paint support popular graphics image formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP and others).
Q
What are the features of the Rassam paint?
A
Features
Free Selection Tool
Zoom
1 MB to install because it depends on GTK
Undo
Text Tool
Ease-to-use user interface
Q
is there any similar paint tool like Microsoft Paint?
A
try Gnome Paint
Q
where to download tux paint?
A
refer the following link, http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/linux/
Q
need download link for latest version?
A
check it here https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/rassampaint/rassam-paint_1.1_32bit.tar.gz