How To Install Shotwell 0.32.10 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems (via PPA or Flatpak)

As you may know, Shotwell is a free and open-source image management application for Linux systems, specially created for the GNOME desktop environment. Having a clean and intuitive interface, it is widely used for organizing and edition photos.

It supports many file formats, including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and even RAW images, allowing both professional photographers and amateurs to manage and organize their collection of photos.

Shotwell includes the ability to import images from cameras, phones and memory cards, being able to organized the photos based on metadata and location. The app also supports smart albums, which allow for dynamic grouping of photos based on specific criteria, making it easier to find and manage large photo libraries.

Even though it is not a photo editing software, it provides basic editing tools, such as rotation, cropping, brightness and contrast adjustments and red-eye removal.

Also, Shotwell enables the users to easily export their photos on platforms like Facebook, Flickr or Picasa.

The latest version available:

The latest version available is Shotwell 0.32.10, which comes with the below bugfixes (according to the release notes):

  • Fix version display in about dialog when not building from git
  • Fix settings schema migration when source is using obsolete
    keys
  • Fix setting slideshow duration settings
  • Make facedetect helper somewhat more robust if opencv calls
    fail
  • Explicitly handle BigTIFF
How To Install Shotwell 0.32.10 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems via PPA

How To Install Shotwell 0.32.10 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems via PPA

If you want to install shotwell on your Ubuntu system via the PPA, you need to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the shotwell package. Like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shotwell
sudo apt update
sudo apt install shotwell

Optional, to remove shotwell, do:

sudo apt remove shotwell
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shotwell

How To Install Shotwell 0.32.10 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems via Flatpak

Setup Flatpak, if you don’t have it installed and configured already:

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

Install Shotwell:

flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Shotwell

If you are unable to find Shotwell via search, you can either logout and log back in or run the below command:

flatpak run org.gnome.Shotwell

Optional, to remove calibre, do:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gnome.Shotwell

This is everything. Enjoy!

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