How to Install Pinta on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

In this article, we will show you how to install pinta on Ubuntu systems

Pinta is an open-source, cross-platform bitmap image drawing and editing program inspired by Paint.NET, a similar image editing program which is limited to Microsoft Windows. Pinta has more features than Microsoft Paint. Compared with open-source image editor GIMP, Pinta is simpler and has fewer features.

Install Pinta

Follow the steps below to get started with Pinta:

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

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

• Gwenview package is available on Ubuntu base repository. So You can install it directly as follows:

sudo apt install pinta -y

NOTE: Also you can install Pinta 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 Pinta using the following flatpak command.

flatpak install flathub com.github.PintaProject.Pinta -y

Access Pinta

• Access Pinta through the command line by running the command

pinta

• Also you can search on the system search bar by typing Pinta as follows

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

flatpak run com.github.PintaProject.Pinta

• Pinta will open as shown below

How to Remove (Uninstall) Pinta

• Remove pinta with APT Remove Method:

sudo apt autoremove pinta

• Remove Pinta with Flatpak Remove Method:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.github.PintaProject.Pinta
flatpak remove --unused

Install Pinta -Conclusion

That’s it

Thanks.