Install “Darktable” 2.0 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.10. “Darktable” 2.0 is an open source photography software. Darktable is a photography workflow application and RAW developer. Darktable software can be used as a virtual darkroom for photographers to manage digital negatives and work upon them.
The changelog as compared to the 1.6.x series can be found below.
gui:
* darktable has been ported to gtk-3.0
* the viewport in darkroom mode is now dynamically sized, you specify the border width
* side panels now default to a width of 350px in dt 2.0 instead of 300px in dt 1.6
* further hidpi enhancements
* navigating lighttable with arrow keys and space/enter
* brush size/hardness/opacity have key accels
* allow adding tone- and basecurve nodes with ctrl-click
* the facebook login procedure is a little different now
* image information now supports gps altitude
features:
* new print mode
* reworked screen color management (softproof, gamut check etc.)
* delete/trash feature
* pdf export
* export can upscale
* new “mode” parameter in the export panel to fine tune application of styles upon export
core improvements:
* new thumbnail cache replaces mipmap cache (much improved speed, stability and seamless support for even up to 4K/5K screens)
* all thumbnails are now properly fully color-managed
* it is now possible to generate thumbnails for all images in the library using new darktable-generate-cache tool
* we no longer drop history entries above the selected one when leaving darkroom mode or switching images
* high quality export now downsamples before watermark and framing to guarantee consistent results
* optimizations to loading jpeg’s when using libjpeg-turbo with its custom features
* asynchronous camera and printer detection, prevents deadlocks in some cases
* noiseprofiles are in external JSON file now
* aspect ratios for crop&rotate can be added to config file
image operations:
* color reconstruction module
* magic lantern-style deflicker was added to the exposure module (extremely useful for timelapses)
* text watermarks
* shadows&highlights: add option for white point adjustment
* more proper Kelvin temperature, fine-tuning preset interpolation in white balance iop
* monochrome raw demosaicing (for cameras with color filter array physically removed)
* raw black/white point module
packaging:
* removed dependency on libraw
* removed dependency on libsquish (solves patent issues as a side effect)
* unbundled pugixml, osm-gps-map and colord-gtk
generic:
* 32-bit support is soft-deprecated due to limited virtual address space
* support for building with gcc earlier than 4.8 is soft-deprecated
* numerous memory leaks were exterminated
* overall stability enhancements
How To Install DarkTable 2.0
When updating from the currently stable 1.6.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.6.x any more.
Darktable 2.0 can be installed on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivatives. Run the following commands to install Darktable in Ubuntu:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-release
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install darktable exiv2
Once installed, Darktable application can be opened from Ubuntu Dash or Ubuntu Menu.