How to install Phototonic on Debian 8.3
How to install Phototonic on Debian 8.3
Phototonic is an image viewer and organizer for Linux written in C++ and Qt5. It is a light weight with a smooth user interface and does not depend on any desktop environment. It also supports several customized thumbnail layouts. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Phototonic on Debian 8.3.
To know more about the installation procedure of phototonic on Ubuntu 17.04, visit
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-phototonic-in-ubuntu-17-04/
Installation procedure
To start the installation procedure, first add the repo in the target system using the nano command.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
A sources.list file opens and enter these lines in 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 update the system using the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 171 kB in 10s (15.6 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
The target system is updated successfully. Now install the phototonic package by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install phototonic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5svg5 libqt5widgets5
libxcb-render-util0 qt5-image-formats-plugins qttranslations5-l10n
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5svg5 libqt5widgets5
libxcb-render-util0 phototonic qt5-image-formats-plugins
qttranslations5-l10n
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 8,115 kB of archives.
After this operation, 32.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt5core5a amd64 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 [1,978 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt5dbus5 amd64 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 [191 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libxcb-render-util0 amd64 0.3.9-1 [18.0 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt5gui5 amd64 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 [2,194 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt5widgets5 amd64 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 [2,287 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt5svg5 amd64 5.3.2-2 [121 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main qt5-image-formats-plugins amd64 5.3.2-2 [61.9 kB]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main qttranslations5-l10n all 5.3.2-2 [1,077 kB]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main phototonic amd64 1.4-2 [188 kB]
Fetched 8,115 kB in 59s (135 kB/s)
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Preparing to unpack .../phototonic_1.4-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking phototonic (1.4-2) ...
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 hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Setting up libqt5core5a:amd64 (5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libqt5dbus5:amd64 (5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libxcb-render-util0:amd64 (0.3.9-1) ...
Setting up libqt5gui5:amd64 (5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libqt5widgets5:amd64 (5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2) ...
Setting up libqt5svg5:amd64 (5.3.2-2) ...
Setting up qt5-image-formats-plugins:amd64 (5.3.2-2) ...
Setting up qttranslations5-l10n (5.3.2-2) ...
Setting up phototonic (1.4-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
The phototonic is installed successfully. Next click the activities windows and type phototonic. The application icon appears, now run the application.
The phototonic application is now used for various image viewing purposes.
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Phototonic loads thumbnails dynamically and enables faster browsing between large folders.
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