Install Digikam 4.2.0 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / Elementary OS

In this tutorial i will show you how to install the latest version of digikam 4.2.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS /12.04 LTS , LinuxMint 16 / 15 and Elementary OS.

digiKam is an open source application written in Qt.It makes importing and organizing digital Photos a "snap".It act as a digital photo management application for the KDE desktop environment. 

Digikam team released its stable version 4.2.0 on 5th August 2014

New Features in digikam 4.2.0

• New view on left sidebar to search quickly items with assigned Labels.
• On tags tree-view a new option to show items with no tag.

Installation steps

Step 1: Add the PPA for Digikam installation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:msylwester/digikam

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3:Install digikam 4.2.0

sudo apt-get install digikam