How To Install Mirage on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mirage on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Mirage is an open-source application that is used to view photos on Linux systems. The graphical user interface enables the users to view the images easily. In the Mirage, you have many options. Includes the ability to crop the image, resize it or change the color saturation. Furthermore, it automatically detects all the images found in the directory and displays them in the side panel.

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 Mirage image viewer on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint or elementary OS.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• 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 Mirage on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa

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

Step 2. Installing Mirage on Ubuntu 20.04.

By default, Mirage is available on Ubuntu 20.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the latest Mirage version to your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install mirage

Step 3. Accessing gThumb on Ubuntu.

Once successfully installed, run the following path on your desktop to open the path: Activities -> Show Applications -> mirage or launching it through the terminal with the command shown below:

mirage

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mirage. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Mirage lightweight image viewer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Mirage website.