How to install Picapy in Ubuntu

To install Picapy in Ubuntu

Picapy is an open source application that manages the Picasa web images without using browser. It is used for uploading Picasa Web images and it allows multiple uploads at the same time. In this article we will learn, how to install Picapy in Ubuntu is explained.

To install Picapy

Utilize the following command to add the repositories.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao 
 Applications from atareao
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~atareao/+archive/ubuntu/atareao
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmppnzddjca/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmppnzddjca/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 36FD5529 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmppnzddjca/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 36FD5529: public key " Launchpad PPA for atareao"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Then update the repository by running the following command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get update 
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                             
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done          

Once the update is done, start installing the picapy package.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get install picapy 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  picapy
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 350 not upgraded.
Need to get 227 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,267 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 picapy all 2.1.2-0extras14.04.2 [227 kB]
Fetched 227 kB in 3s (66.3 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package picapy.
(Reading database ... 211347 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../picapy_2.1.2-0extras14.04.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...

Open the application from the Unity dashboard and the software is ready to use.

To uninstall Picapy

Run the following command to uninstall the Picapy packages.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get remove picapy 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  picapy
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 350 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,267 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 211461 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...