Krita is an application and images that are part of the Calligra Suite, created and developed by KDE developers.
Krita is used by professional drawing artists or illustrators in producing works such as illustrations, comics, storyboards, paintings and other creative works of art.
With Krita users can perform tasks such as sketching, drawing, coloring, painting, processing images and more.
Because it has many features that are very complete for these purposes. Krita makes users who work in this field more creative in producing works. Krita has the ability to be very reliable, fast and flexible.
Krita is a free and open source application licensed under the GNU Public License. Krita is a multi-platform application, not only available for GNU/Linux operating systems, Krita is also available for use on Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems.
How to Install Krita on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary and Others
On some distributions, Krita is available by default. Or users can install it via Software Center or Software Manager.
However, the available Krita are outdated or not up-to-date versions. Users certainly want the latest or latest version, with various performance improvements and features that are certainly owned by the latest applications.
There are several ways to install Krita on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and others. You can use AppImage repository and PPA.
How to Install Krita on Ubuntu Using AppImage
Download the Krita version with AppImage on the Krita official website. Download AppImage on the GNU/Linux tab as shown below.
Wait until the download process is complete.
Once the download is complete, change the permissions for the file to be executable or executable by typing the following command in Terminal.
chmod a+x krita-3.0-x86_64.appimage
Once done, open it by double clicking on the file to install it. Or by typing the following command.
./krita-3.0-x86_64.appimage
How to Install Krita on Ubuntu Using the Repository
Apart from using AppImage. For Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary and other Ubuntu-derived distros can also do the installation process through the PPA repository. However, for the latest versions of Krita, it is increasingly recommended to install Krita using AppImage.
To install Krita use the PPA repository. First make sure you are connected to the internet. Then open Terminal by pressing the combination CTRL + ALT + T on the keyboard to open Terminal.
Enter the following command in Terminal to add the repository and install Krita.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dimula73/krita
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install krita3-testing
Wait until the update and installation process is complete. Then open Krita via Launcher or Application Menu on your desktop. Good luck.