How to Install Picasa 2.7 Using Linux on Ubuntu

Google's Picasa Helps Linux Users Organize Photo Collections

Picasa is a free image viewer, organizer and editor developed by search engine giant Google. Picasa is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. Picasa for Linux is not a pure Linux application. It is a specially coded Windows program which uses the open source Windows emulator called Wine to run on Linux. The Linux version of Picasa is usually older than the Mac or Windows versions. For instance on April 29, 2011, the latest Picasa for Linux release was 3.0 beta: the Mac and Windows versions were at version 3.8.

Instructions

1. Load your web browser. Go to the Google Picasa website.

2. Click on the download button or link for Picasa for Linux. Locate the link for Picasa version 2.7. and click it.

3. Click on the link "Free Download (.deb) - for Debian/Ubuntu x86 (32-bit)" to download the deb file for 32-bit Ubuntu systems.

   Click on the "Free Download (.deb) - for Debian/Ubuntu x86 (64-bit)" link to download the 64-bit deb file for 64-bit systems.

4. Load the file manager and go to the download directory containing the file,

   "picasa_2.7.3736-15_i386.deb" for 32-bit or "picasa_2.7.3736-15_amd64.deb" for 64-bit systems.

5. Select the correct file for your system with the mouse and right-click it. From the menu options select "Open with Gdebi Package Installer"

6. Click on the "Install Package" button. Enter system administrator password and press enter.

7. Close the Gdebi application when the installation is finished by clicking the File menu and selecting the "Quit" option.

8. Press the "Alt" and F2 key simultaneously. Type Picasa in the input box. Click on the Picasa icon or click on the "Run" button to load and run Picasa.

Tips & Warnings

• The newest versions of Picasa for Windows will usually run on Linux systems with the most recent versions of the emulator Wine installed. Install Wine using your system's standard application repository then download and install the current version of Picasa for Windows.

• Older versions of Picasa for Linux may require operating system files which are no longer available in current versions of Linux. Download and install the latest Picasa if version 2.7 does not run.

References

• Google.com: Picasa for Linux
• "Maphew.com": Install Picasa 2.7 under 64 bit Ubuntu Fiesty (7.04); August 18, 2007

Resources

• Wine Wiki: Google Picasa