{"id":32953,"date":"2020-11-12T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T15:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32953"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:36:32","slug":"install-latest-digikam-ppa-ubuntu-20-04-20-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/install-latest-digikam-ppa-ubuntu-20-04-20-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Latest digiKam 7.1.0 via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, 20.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5179\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/digikam_icon245.png\" alt=\"digiKam 5.6.0\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prefer installing digiKam photo manager via apt repository rather than the containerized Flatpak package? There&#8217;s a third-party PPA maintains the latest packages for all current Ubuntu releases.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32954\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/digikam710.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/digikam710.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/digikam710-450x253.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open <b>terminal<\/b> either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from system application launcher. When it opens, do following steps one by one to add the PPA and install the latest digiKam deb packages.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~savoury1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/digikam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Savoury&#8217;s digiKam PPA<\/a> via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1\/digikam<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32955\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-digikamppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-digikamppa.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-digikamppa-450x114.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2. (Optional)<\/b> The PPA package for <b>Ubuntu 18.04<\/b> require updated FFMpeg package, which is available by adding another PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1\/ffmpeg4<\/pre>\n<p><i>The PPA also contains the latest digiKam for Ubuntu 16.04, it is however requires more dependency PPAs. See the PPA link for detail.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32956\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-ffmpeg4-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-ffmpeg4-ppa.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sav-ffmpeg4-ppa-450x101.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally run 2 commands one by one to refresh system package cache and install the photo manager:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install digikam<\/pre>\n<p>If an old version of digiKam <code>.deb<\/code> package was installed on your system, simply launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> and upgrade the software along with other system updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32957\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgrade-digikam7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgrade-digikam7.png 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/upgrade-digikam7-450x333.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove digiKam photo manager, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove digikam<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the PPA, open <b>Software &amp; Updates<\/b> and remove the repository lines from <i>Other Software<\/i> tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32958\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/remove-sav-digikamppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/remove-sav-digikamppa.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/remove-sav-digikamppa-450x214.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prefer installing digiKam photo manager via apt repository rather than the containerized Flatpak package? There&#8217;s a third-party PPA maintains the latest packages for all current Ubuntu releases. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from system application launcher. 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