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How to install Pinta on linuxmint-18.03

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To install Pinta on linuxmint-18.03

Pinta is a lightweight image editor with a wide collection of tools and options. It is used for performing animation effects such as resizing images, adjusting the colors of images, adding effects to the pictures, etc.

Installation

Update your system repository using apt-get command

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease [23.9 kB]                                  
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                         
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                                           
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]                                     
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]                                   
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [27.4 kB]                               
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]                                   
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [46.0 kB]                       
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [511 kB]                        
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [45.8 kB]                        
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Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [636 kB]                      
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [132 kB]                    
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [581 kB]                       
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [256 kB]                      
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,400 B]                   
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,084 B]                    
Fetched 5,777 kB in 8s (658 kB/s)                                                                            
Reading package lists... Done

Install the pinta application using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install pinta -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pinta
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 374 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/691 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,862 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package pinta.
(Reading database ... 221301 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/pinta_1.6-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking pinta (1.6-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pinta (1.6-2) .

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
menu

Pinta application is shown below.
pinta_application

The version of Pinta application will be available at help menu.
pinta_version

With this, the method to install Pinta on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Why I am facing errors during the installation?

A

Errors during the updation will not affect the Pinta installation.

Q

Is it paid software ?

A

They have a open source version too. But you gotta go premium for the support

Q

Does it have a adobe standards ?

A

No the options are limited while comparing to adobe products, But its better photo editor for linux

Q

Is there any options in Google Drive?

A

No it does not posses a link to directly share pictures to google drive

Q

Does Pinta image editor available in default ubuntu repository?

A

No , Pinta image editor not available in default ubuntu repository. Instead you can add the following repo



ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable

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