How to install Mirage on Debian 8.3
How to install Mirage on Debian 8.3
Mirage is a fast and simple GTK+ image viewer and it depends on PyFTK. It is ideal for users who want to keep their system lean while also having a image viewer. This tutorial will explain the installation procedure of Mirage on Debian.
Installation procedure
To start the installation procedure, execute the following nano command to open the sources.list file.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
The sources.list file is open and now add these lines at end of the file. Save and exit from the file.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Next run the apt-get update command to update the apt sources-list in the target system.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,900 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
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Fetched 23.4 MB in 4min 30s (86.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Execute the following command to install the mirage package.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install mirage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
menu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mirage
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 263 not upgraded.
Need to get 90.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 551 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main mirage amd64 0.9.5.1-3 [90.6 kB]
Fetched 90.6 kB in 1s (72.4 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package mirage.
(Reading database ... 136760 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mirage_0.9.5.1-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mirage (0.9.5.1-3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up mirage (0.9.5.1-3) ...
Once the package is installed, click the activities window and type the mirage package name in the search bar. Run the application and use it various image viewing purposes. 
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Mirage can cycle through various image and supports thumbnail panel for quick navigation between images.
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