Open source painting software Pinta 1.7 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 18.04.

Pinta 1.7 is the first release in over 5 years. Release highlights include:

• Added a tab view to switch between images.
• Rotate / Zoom dialog now supports zooming and panning
• Added a Smooth Erase tool
• The Pencil tool can switch between different blend modes.
• Added support for JASC PaintShop Pro palette files.
• The transform tools can now rotate in fixed increments by holding Shift.
• The Move Selected tool can now scale by holding Ctrl.
• Dragging and dropping a URL (e.g. image from a web browser) to download and open the image
• Rewritten user guide.
• See release note for details.

How to Install Pinta 1.7 in Ubuntu:

The Pinta official PPA has made the packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 19,x and 20.

1. Open terminal from system application menu, and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then you can upgrade Pinta from an old release via Software Updater (Update Manager):

or run apt command in terminal to install or upgrade the software:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install pinta

Uninstall:

To remove the PPA repository, either use Software & Updates -> Other Software, or run command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable

And remove Pinta if you want via command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove pinta