How to Install MyPaint on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

In this guide, we will show you how to install MyPaint on Ubuntu Systems.

MyPaint is a free and open-source raster graphics editor for digital painting. It is available for Windows, macOS, and Unix-like operating systems.

MyPaint is python3 support and supports graphics tablets made, symmetry modes, layer management and dynamic brush library.

Install MyPaint on Ubuntu-APT method

Follow the steps below to get started with MyPaint :

• Update your Ubuntu system packages with running the below command:

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

• MyPaint package is not available on Ubuntu base repository. So You can install it directly as follows:

sudo apt install mypaint -y

Install MyPaint using flatpak

NOTE: Also you can get MyPaint with Flatpak

Flatpak, formerly known as xdg-app, is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux. It is advertised as offering a sandbox environment in which users can run application software in isolation from the rest of the system.

• So install the Flatpak manager with running the following command:

sudo apt install flatpak -y

• Enable Flatpak using the following command

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

• Install MyPaint using the following flatpak command.

flatpak install flathub org.mypaint.MyPaint -y

Access MyPaint

• You can search on the system search bar by typing MyPaint as follows

• Alternatively, Flatpak users will need to launch using the command below:

flatpak run flathub org.mypaint.MyPaint -y

• MyPaint will be launched as shown below

How to Remove (Uninstall) MyPaint

• Remove MyPaint APT Method

sudo apt autoremove mypaint --purge -y

• Remove MyPaint with Flatpak Remove Method:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.mypaint.MyPaint -y
flatpak remove --unused

Conclusion

That’s it

Thanks.