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 0.2.5 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, Pear OS 8, Pear OS 7 and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing GPick 0.2.5 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa, update the local repository index and install the gpick package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gpick