Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Phototonic is an image viewer and organizer for Linux systems, created in Qt and C++. The latest version available is Phototonic 1.0, which has been recently released.
Among others, it got a Copy/Move Images to feature, a new Show Hidden Files option, enhanced crop dialog and thumbnails filtering, mouse behavior customization has been added, a feature for opening image with multiple external programs has been added, image zooming can now be controlled with mouse wheel+ctrl key and fixes have been implemented. For more information about this release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Phototonic 1.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Linux Lite 2.0, Peppermint Five and other Ubuntu 14.04 derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Phototonic 1.0 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, LXLE, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the phototonic package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install phototonic
Optional, to remove phototonic, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove phototonic
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