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How to Install showfoto 5.6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To Install Showfoto 5.6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Showfoto is a fast Image Editor with powerful image editing tools. You can use it to view your photographs and improve them. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Showfoto on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Let' s first start with updating the system repositories

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease      
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease        
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Showfoto package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install showfoto -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:
  baloo-kf5 catdoc digikam-private-libs dolphin enblend enfuse ffmpegthumbs gdal-data hugin
  hugin-data hugin-tools i965-va-driver kactivities-bin kactivitymanagerd
  kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdelibs5-data kfind kinit kio kipi-plugins kipi-plugins-common
  konqueror kpackagelauncherqml kpackagetool5 kwayland-data kwayland-integration liba52-0.7.4
  libaacs0 libaec0 libaribb24-0 libarmadillo8 libarpack2 libass9 libastro1 libattica0.4
  libavcodec57 libavdevice57 libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55
  libbasicusageenvironment1 libbdplus0 libblas3 libbluray2 libbrotli1 libbs2b0 libcddb2
  libcharls1 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3 libdap25 libdapclient6v5 libdbusmenu-qt2
.
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Setting up plasma-framework (5.44.0-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libopencv-objdetect3.2:amd64 (3.2.0+dfsg-4build2) ...
Setting up phonon:amd64 (4:4.10.0-2) ...
Setting up qml-module-org-kde-newstuff (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up konqueror (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkonq-common (4:16.04.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up marble-data (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libastro1 (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libmarblewidget-qt5-28 (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up digikam-private-libs (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up showfoto (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up marble-plugins (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kipi-plugins (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (3.0.2-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1) ...

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

Showfoto application

The version of Showfoto can be found in Help-> About

With this, the method to install Showfoto 5.6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Photo editor tools Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
In case if you get any error while installing the package?
A
Try the below commands and repeat previous steps

#sudo apt-get autoremove

#sudo apt-get install -f
Q
What is showfoto?
A
Showfoto is a stand-alone Photo Editor based on digiKam Image Editor

Showfoto is a part of a digiKam project
Q
How to Install showfoto on Linuxmint-18.03?
A
Let's first start with updating the system repositories

# apt-get update

Install the showfoto application run the following command

# apt-get install showfoto
Q
How to access the application?
A
You can access from the ubuntu menu
Q
How to verify version?
A
Go to help menu and choose about option