Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, GPick is color picker application, written in C++ and GTK+. The latest version available is GPick 0.2.5.
Among other features, it enables the users to easily pick colors, copy the picked colors to clipboard, create, import and export palettes from images, magnify the screen around the mouse pointer, in order to pick colors from small areas and many others.
In this article I will show you how to install GPick on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
GPick 0.2.5 is available in the default repositories of Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander and Linux Mint 16 Petra, so installing it is easy. All you have to do is update the local repository index and install the gpick package:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gpick
Since it is available via PPA, installing GPick 0.2.5 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, is easy. Just do:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gpick