Install digikam 5.5.0 in Ubuntu 16.04 / LinuxMint via PPA

In this tutorial i will show you how to install the latest version of digikam 5.5.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS and LinuxMint 18  via PPA

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 5.5.0 and released on 14th February 2017

New Features in digikam 5.5.0

Almost 100 issues has been resolved from the last release and also providing support to new RAW formats , FYI digikam 5.5.0 supports almost 931 RAW Camera modesls , for more please follow the link for  Features and changelog

Installation steps

Step 1: Add the PPA for Digikam installation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/extra

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3:Install digikam 5.5

sudo apt-get install digikam5