How To Install photoflare on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install photoflare on Ubuntu.

What is `photoflare`

photoflare is:

PhotoFlare is an effort to bring quick, simple but powerful image editing to the masses. PhotoFlare is inspired by the image editor PhotoFiltre which is available only on another OS. PhotoFlare is designed for beginner users with the aim to give them a tool easy to learn and use.

There are three methods to install photoflare on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install photoflare Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install photoflare using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install photoflare

Install photoflare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install photoflare using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install photoflare

Install photoflare Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install photoflare using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install photoflare

How To Uninstall photoflare on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the photoflare package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove photoflare

Uninstall photoflare And Its Dependencies

To uninstall photoflare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove photoflare

Remove photoflare Configurations and Data

To remove photoflare configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge photoflare

Remove photoflare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove photoflare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge photoflare

Dependencies

photoflare have the following dependencies:

References

photoflare website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install photoflare package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.