Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, SmillaEnlager is an open source graphical tool for photo resizing and magnifying bitmaps in high quality, written in C++ and based on the Qt libraries.
The latest version available is Smillaenlarger 0.9, which has been released a while ago. While the development of Smillaenlarger has been dropped, the software is still installable on Ubuntu and derivative systems.
In this article I will show you how to install Smillaenlarger 0.9 Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is not available via any repository or PPA, we have to download the smillaenlarger deb package for Ubuntu 12.04 and install it via command-line. I prefer gdebi over dpkg due to the fact that it also handles dependencies.
Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Smillaenlarger 0.9 on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget "https://launchpad.net/~dhor/+archive/ubuntu/myway/+files/smillaenlarger_0.9-1dhor%7Eprecise_i386.deb" -O smillaenlarger_0.9_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi smillaenlarger_0.9_i386.deb
How to install Smillaenlarger 0.9 on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget "https://launchpad.net/~dhor/+archive/ubuntu/myway/+files/smillaenlarger_0.9-1dhor%7Eprecise_amd64.deb" -O smillaenlarger_0.9_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi smillaenlarger_0.9_amd64.deb
Optional, to remove smillaenlarger from Ubuntu or a derivative system, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove smillaenlarger