Install Picasa on Ubuntu May 26, 2006
Posted by Carthik in applications, ubuntu.trackback
Google’s famed Picasa photo management app is now available for Linux!. In perhaps what is a sign of the growing stature of Ubuntu in the Linux world, there is a .deb file available for download, made for Ubuntu (or so the page says).
To install Picasa, download the .deb file, and install it by running the following command from the directory that the .deb file is in:
$sudo dpkg -i picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb
(Please check if the version number in the above is correct – it should be the same as the name of the .deb you downloaded)
I usually avoid using non-open source software on my Ubuntu machines, but I’ve decided to give Picasa a try. If it is noteworthy, I will write more about it. At least one ubuntu-using friend of mine should be very happy when he gets to know about this when he wakes up tomorrow 🙂
Ubuntu Blog 
Hmm strange, the link is somehow disappeared 😦
My be next time I’ll catch it.
I was looking forward to this, I like f-spot, but I preferred Picasa when I was on Windows, shame those links are down.
There was a message in the FAQ saying that it is only available to users in the USA. Maybe you are trying to access the pages from a different geographical location, and that’s why you can’t access the download page. I checked a moment ago, and it worked just fine for me.
You could ask a friend in the US to download it and make it available for download somewhere else 😉
Sporlst forsvunnet
Picasa for Linux dukket visstnok opp forleden, for s forsvinne sporlst og uten noen forklaring. :-|…
ubuntonista ist right. Just use a proxy kwhich is located in the USA and you can access the pages.
Too bad I wouldn’t know how to set up a proxy so I could get Picasa. Anyone already uploaded it to their own webspace yet?
Yes, that was the problem, I’m definitely not in the USA!
But with this anonymouser I have a success 🙂
Miro
Thanks alot, Miroslav Bazitov!
Picasa 有了 Linux 版本…
Picasa 是 Google 所開發的圖片管理搜尋軟體，一直以來它都只有 Windows 的版本，在 Linux 或 Mac OS 上都沒辦法使用。
今天在 NewsForge 上的 Google releases Picasa for Linux 看到 Google patch 了 wine 之後將 picas…
Picasa 有了 Linux 版本
Picasa 是 Google 所開發的圖片管理搜尋軟體，一直以來它都只有 Windows 的版本，在 Linux 或 Mac OS 上都沒辦法使用。
今天在 NewsForge 上的 Google releases Picasa for Linux 看到 Google patch 了 wine 之後將 picas…
Picasa 有了 Linux 版本
Picasa 是 Google 所開發的圖片管理搜尋軟體，一直以來它都只有 Windows 的版本，在 Linux 或 Mac OS 上都沒辦法使用。
今天在 NewsForge 上的 Google releases Picasa for Linux 看到 Google patch 了 wine 之後將 picas…
Picasa 有了 Linux 版本…
Picasa 是 Google 所開發的圖片管理搜尋軟體，一直以來它都只有 Windows 的版本，在 Linux 或 Mac OS 上都沒辦法使用。
今天在 NewsForge 上的 Google releases Picasa for Linux 看到 Google patch 了 wine 之後將 picas…
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You can download picasa with a direct link:
http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb
It worked for me.
only USA, 404 error 😦
You can beat Google with their own tool: Google translate. Just insert “picasa.google.com/linux/download.html” into the the translation box, select translation from english and hit submit. Worked for me.
Even though it’s not open source, Picasa is one of the best pieces of software I’ve ever used.
Tried today on Ubuntu Breezy – what can I say? Google knows how to attract people to their apps. Although I’m not a fan of Picasa, but they have done this thing the right way by implementing it together with wine so you don’t have to bother about installing and configuring wine and having headaches. Kudos Google.
PS. We at Linux Center of University of Latvia put these files on our FTP
ftp://ftp.linux.edu.lv/pub/PicasaLinux
PPS. As I understood from some comments on other sites, it’s definately that this is for US only, but probably because other Google mirror serves just haven’t updated yet?
You’re invited too. Please read my post from today. Don’t miss the comments. 🙂
Blessings,
Shirley
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I am in italy,
istalled picasa on ubuntu, zero problems, work fine, is cool!
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I read someone else’s account on using Picasa on Debian. Doesn’t make me want to use it.
thankx pal
Great post (another one!)
I’m installing this as I type. Thanks for all of the great advice.
Cheers!
Arsgeek – http://arsgeek.wordpress.com
Hey folks,
please note that the Picasa EULA doesn’t permit
mirroring — so please remove it from any non-google mirror sites.
Google ought to have enough bandwidth to make everybody
happy, I would think.
Also: Picasa can be downloaded by apt-get, see
http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#5b
for Debian/Ubuntu instructions
Picasa was my prefered photo manager on Windows, but it works like crap on SuSE 10.0. I know this is about Unbutu and I don’t mean to start distro wars, but Google should’ve kept the Linux version in alpha for a bit longer, it’s just to rough on the edges to be considered beta. How well does it work on Ubuntu?
try digikam?
Very, very nice! Thanks for the information!
It’s possible to install (and update) Picasa (and other Google apps) using apt-get. It’s covered in this article;
http://www.techrecipes.net/linux/install-picasa-in-ubuntu.html
picasa on Ubntu.. ubabloe to login onto Web albums…
@23.Fanseco… Werere u able to login onto web albums ??
Hi! I have a trouble with Picasa: When I try to upload pictures, Picasa requires me a username and password from Google Accounts, I have ’em, but I can not login… I’m under proxy server…
I followed this guide: http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Wine_Registry#Proxy_Server but does work…
Thanks!
It works
Thanks
Thank you, very helpful!!
Thanks Really helpfull
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ubuntonista ist right. Just use a proxy kwhich is located in the USA and you can access the pages.
Thanks alot, Miroslav Bazitov!