{"id":44974,"date":"2023-12-22T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44974"},"modified":"2024-04-02T04:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T04:55:15","slug":"darktable-4-6-0-released-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/darktable-4-6-0-released-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktable 4.6.0 Released! Auto-Save, rgb primaries Module [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-36501\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/darktable-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Darkable, the popular photography app and raw developer, released new major 4.6.0 version a day ago!<\/p>\n<p>The new release introduced <b>auto-save<\/b> feature for editing history. By default, it save changes every 10 seconds. User can go to &#8216;<i>Preferences -&gt; storage<\/i>&#8216; to change the time interval, or set it to <b>0<\/b> to disable it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44975\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave-600x401.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave-600x401.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable-autosave.webp 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Darktable 4.6.0 also features <b>new <i>rgb primaries<\/i> processing module<\/b>. It allows delicate color corrections and creative color grading, by moving the red, green and blue primary colors around using &#8220;hue&#8221; and &#8220;purity&#8221; controls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44976\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44976\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44976\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-600x405.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-600x405.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-1320x890.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460.webp 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darktable 4.6.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The release also has a big performance improvements. OpenCL is now initialized in the background to speed up the app launching. Image display speed in the map view has been increased by 25%. And, the chromatic aberrations module is now approximagely 10% faster when run on the CPU.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Darktable 4.6.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>sigmoid module<\/b> now includes a new primaries section, to gracefully handle difficult lighting situations (e.g. LEDs) and tune the overall look of the image<\/li>\n<li>The full uncropped image is now always shown when working with the liquify and retouch modules.<\/li>\n<li>The hot pixels module now supports monochrome images.<\/li>\n<li>long-running import session can now be canceled.<\/li>\n<li>built-in &#8220;Display P3&#8221; color profile<\/li>\n<li>And much more! See the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darktable.org\/2023\/12\/darktable-4.6.0-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a> for details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Darktable 4.6.0 in Ubuntu Linux<\/h3>\n<p><b>Option 1: Snap<b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Darktable is easy to install as <b>Snap package<\/b>, which runs in sandbox, using Ubuntu Software (or App Center for 23.10).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45573\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap-700x428.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap-700x428.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap-300x183.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/darktable460-snap.webp 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Option 2: Official deb package<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The developer team offers official RPM and DEB packages for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, through the OBS building repository.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <del datetime=\"2024-02-18T12:16:27+00:00\">it&#8217;s NOT updated to v4.6.0 at the moment of writing<\/del>. Keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/download.html?project=graphics:darktable&amp;package=darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a> if you prefer the official package.<\/p>\n<p><b>Option 3: Flatpak package<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Darktable is also available to install as Flatpak package, another universal Linux package format runs in sandbox!<\/p>\n<p>Linux Mint 21 user can directly search for and install the Flatpak package from Software Manager.<\/p>\n<p>While, Ubuntu user can open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the 2 commands below one by one to install the Flatpak:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable flatpak support:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Install Darktable as Flatpak package:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.darktable.Darktable.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Option 4: Ubuntu PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Besides using the official DEB package (See <i>Option 2<\/i>), I&#8217;ve also upload the package into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> for <b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 23.04<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 23.10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE: The PPA includes updated libheif (1.16.2) library for Darktable to support HEIF in Ubuntu 22.04. Please report if it&#8217;s running into conflict with other packages in your system!!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/darktable<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44094\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy-600x353.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy-768x452.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/darktable-ppa-jammy.webp 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Linux Mint needs to update system package cache manually after adding PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally, install Darktable 4.6.0 via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install darktable<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44095\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy-600x320.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy-600x320.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy-300x160.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy-768x410.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-darktable-jammy.webp 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition for old Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, &amp; 16.04, keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~savoury1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/graphics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this PPA<\/a>. However, it has tons of updated libraries that MAY run into dependency hell and\/or package conflict!<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Darktable<\/h3>\n<p>Depends on which package your installed, remove Darktable via one of the commands below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For Snap package, just remove it from Ubuntu Software.<\/li>\n<li>For Flatpak package, run command:\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.darktable.Darktable<\/pre>\n<p>Then run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove unused runtime libraries.<\/li>\n<li>To remove official package or PPA package, run command:\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove darktable<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the Ubuntu PPA repository if you want via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/darktable<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Darkable, the popular photography app and raw developer, released new major 4.6.0 version a day ago! The new release introduced auto-save feature for editing history. By default, it save changes every 10 seconds. User can go to &#8216;Preferences -&gt; storage&#8216; to change the time interval, or set it to 0 to disable it. 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