Darktable 2.2.5 Released – Install Darktable in Ubuntu via PPA or Snap

Darktable 2.2.5 released. Install Darktable in Ubuntu via PPA and install Darktable via Snap in Ubuntu. Darktable for Ubuntu is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.

Darktable works as a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers and can be used to manage digital negatives in a database, to view them through a zoomable lighttable and to develop raw images and enhance them.

Darktable 2.2.5

Darktable 2.2.5 is the fifth bugfix release for the 2.2 series of Darktable.

New features:

  • When appending EXIF data to an exported image, do not fail if reading of EXIF from the original file fails
  • Support XYZ as proofing profile
  • Clear DerivedFrom from XMP before writing it
  • bauhaus: when using soft bounds, keep slider step constant

Bugfixes:

  • Some GCC7 build fixes
  • cmstest: fix crash when missing XRandR extension.
  • Fix crash in Lua libs when collapsing libs
  • Mac packaging: some fixes
  • RawSpeed: TiffIFD: avoid double-free
  • Fix a few alloc-dealloc mismatches

Base Support:

  • Canon EOS 77D
  • Canon EOS 9000D
  • Nikon D500 (14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D5600 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed, 14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed)
  • Panasonic DC-FZ82 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ80 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ85 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-GH5 (4:3)

White Balance Presets:

  • Pentax K-3 II

Noise Profiles:

  • Nikon D500
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ300
  • Panasonic DMC-LX100
  • Pentax K-70
  • Sony ILCE-5000

Install Darktable 2.2.5 on Ubuntu via PPA

Open Terminal and run the following commands in Terminal to install Darktable 2.2.5 on Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install darktable

Install Darktable 2.2.5 on Ubuntu via Snap

Run the following commands in Terminal to install Darktable 2.2.5 via Snap:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install snapd snapd-xdg-open
sudo snap install darktable-empanada --classic
/snap/bin/darktable-empanada

Once installed, open Darktable from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.

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