Now update local package index and install darktable. In nano text editor, press CTRL+O to save the file, then CTRL+X to exit. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listĪdd the following line at the end fo this file. To enable the repo, edit sources.list file with your favourite text editor. Version 2.0.4 is available from Jessie backports repository. Once installed, you can start it from Unity Dash.ĭarktable in Debian 8 repository is rather old (1.4.2). This PPA also works on distros that are based on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04, such as Linux Mint 18 and Elementary OS Loki. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-release

Fire up a terminal window and issue the following 3 commands one at a time. We can use official Darktable PPA to install the latest version. Install Darktable Open Source Photo Editor on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04ĭarktable is included in Ubuntu software repository.

Darktable comes preloaded with innumerable editing modules to fix incorrect exposure, change lighting conditions and tweak the color balance of the photo. The latest stable version is 2.0.5 which was released on July 5, 2016. It supports popular ICC Profiles like sRGB and Adobe RGB. Darktable can run on Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Solaris and can be used by professional photographers to convert their digital negatives to into bitmap images.Īmong the many features of Darktable, we can mention non-destructive image-editing which means you never edit the actual data in your RAW image. It’s interface is very similar to Adobe Lightroom. For those who don’t know Darktable, it’s an excellent raw photo editor and also a photo manager with a lot of tools you can use to edit your photos. Darktable is a great free open source photo editor licensed under GPL v3.

Darktable editor