I'm new to (K)ubuntu. Does anybody know how to install the gphoto2 software?
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Wow, how is the documentation for this so terrible? At the time of writing, the documentation on the official site literally says:
5.3. Configuring, building, and installing
WRITEME :-P (PKG_CONFIG_PATH, ./configure, make, make install, /etc/ld.so.conf, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH, yadda yadda)
Here's how I installed it (on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) after lots of trial and error. Keep in mind that gphoto2 is simply the CLI for libgphoto2. Simply installing gphoto2 won't do much for you.
You may be wondering why it's libgphoto2-6 and not just libgphoto2. When you're typing sudo apt install libgphoto2 press tab and see what it completes. You can also view what the latest packages are for each ubuntu build. Launchpad and packages.ubuntu.com.
After that you should be able to use gphoto2 in Terminal.
$ gphoto2 -v
should show you something meaningful.
Advanced build
If you go to the gphoto2 website, you'll notice that they've released updates to libgphoto2 since Ubuntu 18.04's latest package (2.5.16). Specifically, I want to have support for Sony Alpha A9, which requires libgphoto2 v2.5.22. You can download it from the source, but now what?
cd to the tar.bz2 file.
unzip it: autocomplete the file name by pressing tab
$ tar -xjf libgphoto2-2.5.22.tar.bz2
configure, make, make install Go into the directory. Each of these commands will take time, so enter one line at a time.
$ cd libgphoto2-2.5.22
$ autoreconf -is
$ sudo ./configure
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install
If at any point it says it looks like something went wrong, it's likely you're missing a package. I had to install: libtool, libpopt-dev, libsub-dev, libexif-dev, libjpeg-dev, autoconf, autopoint, libcdk5-dev
The github repo has an additional step of
autoreconf -is
which for me, required apt installing the autoconf and autopoint packages.
This updates libgphoto2. To updategphoto2, which I needed to do in order to use libgphoto2-2.5.22, you have to go through the same steps. Read the README.md. I had to install libpopt-dev. Running ./configure alerted me to this problem.
You may need to restart Terminal or your machine to see changes.
We're looking for photographic wallpapers: lovely backgrounds that
greet the user on Ubuntu's welcome screen and at login, and provide a
main color for the Unity Dash! We're also looking for an illustrative
wallpaper that plays off the theme of the current development release
(for 16.10, that's Yakkety Yak [1]).
Images shouldn’t be too busy and filled with too many shapes and colors, a similar tone throughout is a good rule of thumb.
A single point of focus, a single area that draws the eye into the image, can also help you avoid something too cluttered.
The left and top edges are home to Ubuntu’s Launcher and Panel so be careful to consider how your images look in place so as not to clash
with the user interface.
Try them out on your own desktop; see how they feel. Try your image at different aspect ratios to make sure something important isn’t
cropped out on smaller/ larger screens at different resolutions.
Take a look at the wallpapers guidance on the Ubuntu Wiki regarding the size of images. Our target resolution is 3840 x 2400. This might
result in a centered, 1080x1920 cropped image on Ubuntu phones, so
keep this in mind!
Break all the rules except the resolution one! :)
[1]: I have changed "for 16.04, that's Xenial Xerus" in the wiki to "for 16.10, that's Yakkety Yak".
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Wow, how is the documentation for this so terrible? At the time of writing, the documentation on the official site literally says:
Here's how I installed it (on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) after lots of trial and error. Keep in mind that
gphoto2is simply the CLI forlibgphoto2. Simply installinggphoto2won't do much for you.Easy method
Use
apt(orapt-get)You may be wondering why it's
libgphoto2-6and not justlibgphoto2. When you're typingsudo apt install libgphoto2presstaband see what it completes. You can also view what the latest packages are for each ubuntu build. Launchpad and packages.ubuntu.com.After that you should be able to use gphoto2 in Terminal.
should show you something meaningful.
Advanced build
If you go to the gphoto2 website, you'll notice that they've released updates to
libgphoto2since Ubuntu 18.04's latest package (2.5.16). Specifically, I want to have support for Sony Alpha A9, which requireslibgphoto2 v2.5.22. You can download it from the source, but now what?cdto the tar.bz2 file.unzip it: autocomplete the file name by pressing
tabconfigure, make, make install Go into the directory. Each of these commands will take time, so enter one line at a time.
If at any point it says it looks like something went wrong, it's likely you're missing a package. I had to install:
libtool,libpopt-dev,libsub-dev,libexif-dev,libjpeg-dev,autoconf,autopoint,libcdk5-devThe github repo has an additional step of
which for me, required
apt installing theautoconfandautopointpackages.This updates
libgphoto2. To updategphoto2, which I needed to do in order to use libgphoto2-2.5.22, you have to go through the same steps. Read the README.md. I had to installlibpopt-dev. Running./configurealerted me to this problem.You may need to restart Terminal or your machine to see changes.
After that, check your version using
gphoto2 -v.