How to install DiffImg on Linux mint 18.03

To install Diffimg on Linux mint 18.03

DiffImg is a tool, used to compare and view the image pixels difference. It is available in open source and has an intuitive interface that supports to compare the BMP, PNG, JPG, Tiff, OpenExR images. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Diffimg on Linuxmint-18.03.

Installation

Add the repository of Difflmg by using PPA

linuxhelp ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
You are about to add the following PPA:
 Every photographer needs some tools...

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~dhor/+archive/ubuntu/myway
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel

Executing: /tmp/tmp.98RhCzn23T/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
93330B78
gpg: requesting key 93330B78 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 93330B78: public key "Launchpad PPA for Dariusz Duma" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

Let's first start with updating the system repositories

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                            
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                         
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                        
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                               
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease          
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                  
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                      
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [18.7 kB]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [13.5 kB]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [12.9 kB]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [8,708 B]
Fetched 71.3 kB in 2s (32.3 kB/s)          
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Difflmg run the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install diffimg 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbluray1 libcrystalhd3
  libdc1394-22 libgme0 libgtkglext1 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libopencv-core2.4v5
  libopencv-highgui2.4v5 libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopenjpeg5 libpangox-1.0-0 libqwt6abi1
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libshine3 libsnappy1v5 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4 libswresample-ffmpeg1
  libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtbb2 libtwolame0 libva1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxvidcore4 libzvbi-common
.
.
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Setting up libopencv-imgproc2.4v5:amd64 (2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libswscale-ffmpeg3:amd64 (7:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up libopencv-highgui2.4v5:amd64 (2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqwt6abi1 (6.1.2-5) ...
Setting up diffimg (2.2.0-1dhor~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

After installation open the Ubuntu menu, then type Difflmg from search box, application shown on the screen. Now, open that application.

you can use Diffimg application. With this, the method to install Diffimg on Linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.