Stable releases
Ubuntu/Debian
Download the deb installer from the Phatch homepage. (Look for the Free Download link.) Open it with Gdebi by double clicking it. Ubuntu/Debian will take care of all the requirements.
You can find more detailed instructions here.
You can install two optional, but recommended packages:
- To save EXIF and IPTC data: install python-pyexiv2 (hardy, but also works on gutsy)
- For cool nautilus integration: install python-nautilus (sudo apt-get install python-nautilus).
Archlinux
The package can be found on AUR here.
wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/phatch/phatch/PKGBUILD
makepkg
pacman -U phatch-VERSION-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Or simple use yaourt
yaourt -S phatch
OpenSUSE
Click here.
Linux
Requirements
In case Phatch is not available for your Linux distribution, ask the package team to package it. Installing it yourself is also very easy as there is no need to compile anything, since Phatch is 100% python.
Install first the required dependencies:
- python (2.5 or 2.4)
- python-wxgtk (2.8 or 2.6)
- python-imaging (1.1.6 or 1.1.5)
- findutils (find command is used to locate font files)
The other dependencies are optional.
If you want to be able to save EXIF & IPTC metadata.
If you use nautilus (gnome file browser), install as well:
- python-nautilus
Installation
There are two methods:
1) Install as root
Fetch the tar.gz source package from the phatch homepage. Unzip the downloaded file and install Phatch as root (!) with:
python setup.py install
Afterwards you should be able to run phatch by typing "phatch" at the command prompt.
2) Run as user
In case you have not root access or don't want to install, but just run Phatch, you can also extract the tar.gz source package. Afterwards you can start Phatch in trunk/phatch with:
python phatch.py
Windows
Requirements
Install first Python (2.5 or 2.4), wxPython (2.8 or 2.6), Python Imaging Library (1.1.6 or 1.1.5) and the Python Win32 Extensions. If you want EXIF and IPTC support you'll need to install pyexiv2 which can download here.You also need a tool like the free 7zip for unzipping the phatch-*tar.gz archive.
Installation
Do not run "python setup.py install", as this is only supported for linux! Fetch the tar.gz source package from the phatch download page. Unzip the downloaded file. Start Phatch in trunk/phatch with:
python phatch.py
Mac Os X
Do not run "python setup.py install", as this is only supported for linux! Same procedure as Windows (including pyexiv2, but of course without the Python Win32 Extensions), with the exception that you need start Phatch with:
pythonw phatch.py
I have tested and run Phatch on Mac Os X. Someone else did as well.
Development snapshots
Requirements
Install bazaar and all other requirements. For Ubuntu/Debian this would be:
sudo apt-get install bzr python-wxgtk2.8 python-imaging
Installation
Get the Phatch branch from launchpad:
bzr branch lp:phatch
To start Phatch, just double-click phatch.py in the dev/phatch folder, or:
cd dev/phatch
python phatch.py