{"id":7440,"date":"2018-01-15T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2018-01-15T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T15:31:00","slug":"install-kxstitch-2-1-0-in-ubuntu-18-04-17-10-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/01\/install-kxstitch-2-1-0-in-ubuntu-18-04-17-10-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install KXStitch 2.1.0 in Ubuntu 18.04, 17.10, 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kxstitch-ubuntu1.png\" alt=\"Kxstitch cross stitch\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6416\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KXStitch 2.1.0, free and open-source cross stitch pattern software, was released a day ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/userbase.kde.org\/KXStitch\" target=\"_blank\">KXStitch<\/a> is a cross stitch pattern editor by KDE. The software features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Importing images<\/li>\n<li>Multiple floss palettes<\/li>\n<li>Multiple stitch types<\/li>\n<li>Pattern libraries<\/li>\n<li>Reads PCStitch files<\/li>\n<li>Flexible printing options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest KXStitch 2.1.0 was released silently. No announcement, no changelog. If you want to know what changed, look over the project commits on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/KDE\/kxstitch\" target=\"_blank\">github page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KXStitch-ubuntu1310.jpg\" alt=\"KX Stitch PPA for Ubuntu\" width=\"580\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KXStitch-ubuntu1310.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/KXStitch-ubuntu1310-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install KXStitch 2.1.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04 users, it can be easily installed via the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/kxstitch\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from app launcher. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/kxstitch<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter to add the PPA.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kxstitch-ppa-xenial-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kxstitch-ppa-xenial-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kxstitch-ppa-xenial-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kxstitch-ppa-xenial.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then check updates and install the software either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install kxstitch<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove KXStitch cross stitch software, either use Synaptic or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove kxstitch<\/pre>\n<p>The PPA can be removed via &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; utility under &#8220;Other Software&#8221; tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KXStitch 2.1.0, free and open-source cross stitch pattern software, was released a day ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. KXStitch is a cross stitch pattern editor by KDE. The software features: Importing images Multiple floss palettes Multiple stitch types Pattern libraries Reads PCStitch files Flexible printing options The latest KXStitch 2.1.0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1396,1397],"class_list":["post-7440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-cross-stitch","tag-kxstitch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}