How to install Darktable 2.2.3 on Ubuntu 16.04

Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW file processor whose front end is written in GTK+ , C and SQLite is used as Database. The digital negatives are managed in a database by Darktable and they can be viewed using a zoomable lighttable. Raw images can also be developed using Darktable. All editing done using Darktable is completely non-destructive. Darktable runs on Windows, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD and Linux. The procedures to install and use Darktable is explained in this manual.

Features :

A new image module to use a Color Look Up Table (CLUT) to change colors in the image
Allow to import/export tags from Lightroom keyword files
Allow using the [keyboard] cursor keys to interact with sliders, comboboxes and curves modifiers apply too
Support presets in “ more modules” so you can quickly switch between your favorite sets of modules shown in the GUI
Add range operator and date compare to the collection module
OpenCL implementation of VNG/VNG4 demosaicing methods
OpenCL implementation of Markesteijn demosaicing method for X-Trans sensors

To Install Darktable on Ubuntu

First add the Darktable 2.2.3 package into repository using ppa.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-unstable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: key C07EE05F: public key " Launchpad PPA for Pascal de Bruijn"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Then update the machine using apt-get update.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pmjdebruijn/darktable-unstable/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease              
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]     
Fetched 204 kB in 2s (91.5 kB/s)                                    
Reading package lists... Done

Then install Darktable package using apt-get install darktable.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install darktable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  darktable-dbg libcolord-gtk1 libflickcurl0 libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 liblensfun-data liblensfun0
  libosmgpsmap-1.0-1 libpugixml1v5
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Setting up darktable (1:2.2.3-0pmjdebruijn1~xenial) ...
Setting up darktable-dbg (1:2.2.3-0pmjdebruijn1~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

The installation of Darktable package is complete.

Then Launch the Darktable application from Ubuntu dashboard. Search for the Darktable software in the ubuntu dashboard.

Open the Darktable package. Once the Darktable application is launched successfully the Darktable dashbord can be seen. If there are no images import the images to be edited using import option.

Once the image is added, start editing your favorite images.

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FAQ

So, I have seen a bunch of different ways to spell darktable. Which one is right?

There is only one way, and that is “darktable”. All lower case, in one word. Even when starting a sentence. Example: darktable is a great program.

How do I change the order in which modules are applied to an image?

You don’t. The order of the processing pixel pipeline is fixed and supposed to “just work”. If you have a (valid) use case where the order doesn’t work feel free to tell us.

What are the other best variants for dark tables?

Adobe photoshop, digikam Paint.Net and it goes on

How do I open images?

You have to import a single image or a film roll (directory) using the buttons on the left side of the lighttable.

What happened to the demosaic module in darkroom? How can I select more demosaicing algorithms?

We moved the demosaicing into our internal pixel pipeline. The benefit is that it is faster and more accurate. The downside is that we have to implement the demosaicing algorithms ourselves. Since the differences are really small with real-world photos we didn’t bother to port more than PPG and AMaZE.

How to install Darktable 2.2.3 on Ubuntu 16.04