{"id":45572,"date":"2024-02-18T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45572"},"modified":"2024-02-18T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T12:59:11","slug":"darktable-4-6-1-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/darktable-4-6-1-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktable 4.6.1 Released, New Documentation &#038; Various Fixes"},"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>Darktable photography workflow application and RAW developer released new stable 4.6.1 yesterday!<\/p>\n<p>The release <b>finished the documentation<\/b> for the new 4.6 release series, include translations to Ukrainian, Polish and Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>And, it now <b>performs image discovery asynchronously<\/b> in the import dialog. Meaning that long parsing due to huge number of sub-directories and<br \/>\nfiles can be easily interrupted by selecting another place or un-checking recursive mode.<\/p>\n<p>The release now drops support for macOS versions older than 12.5. Other changes are mostly bug-fixes. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix memory and resource leaks in the QOI image loader.<\/li>\n<li>Fix RGBE image loader.<\/li>\n<li>Fix crashes when running low on GPU or system memory.<\/li>\n<li>Fix OpenCL startup for various cards.<\/li>\n<li>Fix compatibility issues with HDR created DNG files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/darktable-org\/darktable\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">github releases<\/a> page for details.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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<h3>How to Install Darktable 4.6.1<\/h3>\n<h4>Official packages<\/h4>\n<p>The Github releases page (see the last link) provides the installer packages for macOS and Windows under &#8220;Assets&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>For Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu users, there&#8217;s also official packages available to download from the <a href=\"https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/download.html?project=graphics:darktable&amp;package=darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OBS page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Third-party packages<\/h4>\n<p>For choices, there are also third-party packages, including <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap package<\/a> can be installed from Ubuntu Software (App Center), and <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.darktable.Darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> runs in sandbox.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer the classic .deb package format, then there&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/darktable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial Ubuntu PPA<\/a> for choice. It so far supports Ubuntu 22.04 (both amd64 &amp; arm64), Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 (amd64).<\/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 4.6.1 via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install darktable<\/pre>\n<p>Or use &#8220;Software Updater&#8221; to upgrade the photography software if an old version installed on your system.<\/p>\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<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>Darktable photography workflow application and RAW developer released new stable 4.6.1 yesterday! 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