How to install Nomacs on Ubuntu 18.04
To install Nomacs on Ubuntu 18.04
Nomacs is a free, open source and cross-platform image viewer that is mostly used for viewing all the common image formats including RAW and psd images. Nomacs also includes image manipulation methods for adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma and exposure. Activating the cacher allows to instantly switch between images. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Nomacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
Installation
Add the repository of Nomacs using PPA
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:nomacs/stable
More info: https://launchpad.net/~nomacs/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press \[ENTER\] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/vapoursynth /ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
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Get:6 http://secutiry.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-secutiry InRelease \[83.2kB\]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nomacs/stable/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages \[1,292 kB\]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nomacs/stable/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages \[1,288 kB\]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nomacs/stable/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages \[656 B\]
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Reading package lists... Done
Install the Nomacs package using the following command
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install nomacs -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libdouble-conversion1 libmng2 libopencv-core3.2 libopencv-imgproc3.2 libqt5concurrent5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5
libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5svg5 libqt5widgets5 libquazip5-1 libtbb2 libxcb-xinerama0
nomacs-l10n qt5-gtk-platformtheme qt5-image-formats-plugins qttranslations5-l10n
Suggested packages:
qtwayland5 libquazip-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Setting up libopencv-imgproc3.2:amd64 (3.2.0+dfsg-4build2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libqt5core5a:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5dbus5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5network5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libquazip5-1:amd64 (0.7.3-5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5gui5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up qt5-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5concurrent5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5widgets5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5printsupport5:amd64 (5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up qt5-image-formats-plugins:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5svg5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up nomacs (3.8.0+dfsg-4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Once Installation is done you can access the Nomacs from the Menu as shown here
Nomacs application
With this, the method to install Nomacs on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
Q
Does nomacs support Windows XP and/or Vista?
A
The answer is yes and no. So neither Windows XP nor Vista are supported in future developments since nomacs 3.0. However, nomacs 2.4.6 is a pretty stable version which you can use on these operating systems.
Q
What is the synchronization in Nomacs?
A
We often need to compare the same image after different processing stages. So we wanted something that does this job faster and easier than Photoshop. That was the initial motivation behind nomacs.
Q
Is it possible to stop movies such as GIF or MNG?
A
Yes, you can hit pause in the toolbar player or by selecting View > Stop Movie. If you then save the image, the currently displayed frame will be written.
Q
Is it possible to put the thumbnails vertically at the left edge of the screen?
A
Yes, you can right click on the thumbnails panel and then choose e.g. ‘Show Left’. You can even undock the thumbnails if you do not like the nice overlay effect.
Q
What does nomacs mean?
A
First, when we started with the RAW support, the MacBeth color charts mostly did not have the colors expected when we loaded the images in nomacs. Second, we solely supported Windows and Ubuntu in the beginning. At this point we want to thank all the supporters who translate nomacs or build it on other OS.