How To Install Geeqie on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Geeqie on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Geeqie is a fast, lightweight, and feature-rich image viewer and organizer for Linux systems. Its support for a wide variety of image formats and metadata makes it a great tool for photographers and other users who need to quickly and easily view and organize their images. The ease of installation and use makes it a popular choice among Linux users.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Geeqie image viewer on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• An active internet connection. You’ll need an internet connection to download the necessary packages and dependencies for Geeqie.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Geeqie on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt commands in the terminal.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install wget apt-transport-https gnupg2 software-properties-common

Step 2. Installing Geeqie on Ubuntu 22.04.

By default, the Geeqie is not available on Ubuntu 22.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to add the Geeqie PPA (Personal Package Archive) to your Ubuntu system:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/savoury1/graphics/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphicsppa-rob-savoury.list

Next, import the GPG key using the following command:

sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E996735927E427A733BB653E374C7797FB006459

After adding the Geeqie PPA, you need to update your Ubuntu system and install Geeqie using the following command below:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install geeqie

During the installation process, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to proceed with the installation. Simply type Y and press Enter to continue.

Step 3. Accessing Geeqie on Ubuntu 22.04.

Once you have successfully installed the Geeqie app on your Ubuntu 22.04 system, you can launch it by searching for “Geeqie” in your application menu. Alternatively, you can launch it from the terminal by running the following command:

geeqie

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Geeqie. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Geeqie image viewer on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Geeqie website.