In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pixeluvo on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Pixeluvo is an affordable image editor tool designed to transform the entire view of an image in Linux distributions. Pixeluvo contains a wide range of advanced features including non-destructive editing via adjustment layers, powerful color correction tools, full support for raw image formats, realistic pressure-sensitive drawing tools, and many image enhancement filters. To use it, you need a commercial license and a license for Pixeluvo full version costs $34 and includes all future updates for that major version number.
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 Pixeluvo image editor 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, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install Pixeluvo 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 Pixeluvo on Ubuntu 20.04.
By default, Pixeluvo is not available on Ubuntu 20.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to download the latest .deb package of Pixeluvo from the official page:
wget http://www.pixeluvo.com/downloads/pixeluvo_1.6.0-2_amd64.deb
Then, run the following commands to and install the Pixeluvo package:
sudo dpkg -i pixeluvo_1.6.0-2_amd64.deb
Step 3. Accessing Pixeluvo on Ubuntu.
Once successfully installed, run the following path on your desktop to open the path: Activities -> Show Applications -> Pixeluvo or launching it through the terminal with the command shown below:
pixeluvo
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pixeluvo. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Pixeluvo image and photo editor on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Pixeluvo website.
