How To Install Darktable on Debian 8.3

To Install Darktable on Debian 8.3

Darktable is an open-source photo workflow application and RAW file processor which manage digital negatives in a database. It also allows the users to view photos through light table which can be zoomed. Installing Darktable is so simple, and we have already covered the method to install Darktable on Ubuntu. In this article, you will learn the method to install Darktable on Debian.

Installing Darktable

Before you begin the installation of Darktable, make sure you add the repo to the system. Use the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Now add the following lines at end of the file.

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

After adding the line save and exit the file.

Once it is done, run the following command to update the apt sources-list.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease           
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]                  
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease                                        
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]         
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]   
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]                  
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release [148 kB]                           
Get:15 http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Get:16 http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages [50.2 kB]                                
Get:17 http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages [83.6 kB]                               
Get:18 http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en [38.5 kB]                                
Get:19 http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en [4,582 kB]                                  
Get:20 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en [4,582 kB]                               
Get:21 http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en [72.1 kB]                               
Fetched 23.4 MB in 1min 52s (208 kB/s)                                                              
Reading package lists... Done

Now is the time to install the Darktable package. Run the following command to install Darktable.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install darktable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  javascript-common libflickcurl0 libjs-prototype libjs-scriptaculous liblensfun-data liblensfun0
Suggested packages:
  apache2 lighttpd httpd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  darktable javascript-common libflickcurl0 libjs-prototype libjs-scriptaculous liblensfun-data
  liblensfun0
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 264 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,641 kB of archives.
After this operation, 13.0 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 libflickcurl0 amd64 1.25-3 [174 kB]
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Setting up javascript-common (11) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u2) ...

Once the package is installed, use your Activities search bar to find and launch the application. The Darktable application appears on your screen as follows.

Wasn' t it a simple installation procedure? Working with Darktable is not only simple but also cool. Similar to other raw manipulation software, Darktable follows the concept of non-destructive editing. It is also simple to develop raw images with the help of Darktable. Enjoy developing your images with the help of Darktable.