Hello Linux Geeksters. Nomacs is an open-source image viewer, working on Linux and Mac OS X, under the GNU General Public Licence v3. Nomacs is lightweight and fast and has support for all the popular image formats, like JPEG, PNG, GIF, ICO, BMP and RAW. The latest version available is Nomacs 1.6.4.1, which has been recently released
In this article I will show you how to install Nomacs 1.6.4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Pinguy OS 12.04, LXLE 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Peppermint Five and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Nomacs 1.6.4.1 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa, update the local repository index and install the nomacs package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nomacs/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nomacs
Optional, to remove nomacs, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nomacs
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