Photoview is a simple and fast image viewer for Linux. It is available for various Linux distributions, including Clear Linux. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Photoview on Clear Linux latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, you need to have the following:
We need to install some dependencies required by Photoview to work correctly. To do that, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-gtk-doc devpkg-libexif devpkg-libjpeg-turbo-dev devpkg-libpng devpkg-libraw devpkg-libwebp devpkg-libtiff
This command will install GTK documentation, libexif, libjpeg, libpng, libraw, libwebp, and libtiff packages that Photoview needs.
Now, we need to download and extract Photoview. To do that, type the following commands in the terminal:
mkdir ~/Downloads
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/photoview/photoview/releases/download/0.3.1/photoview-0.3.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf photoview-0.3.1.tar.gz
These commands will create a Downloads directory in your home directory and download the Photoview tarball file in it. Afterward, it will extract the tarball and create a photoview-0.3.1 directory in the Downloads directory.
We can now build and install Photoview by running the following commands:
cd photoview-0.3.1
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
These commands will create a build directory inside the Photoview directory and configure the Photoview build system using CMake. Afterward, it will compile the Photoview source code using the make command and install the Photoview binary files in your system.
Photoview should now be installed on your system. You can launch it from the terminal by typing the following command:
photoview
This will open the Photoview window, and you can start browsing through your images.
You now have successfully installed Photoview on Clear Linux latest. Photoview is a fast and straightforward image viewer that comes with useful features. It is a lightweight alternative to popular image viewers like GIMP and ImageMagick.
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