About Packages

Note that the Krita developers do not do packaging themselves. (Well, except for Windows, unfortunately.) We are dependent on Linux distributions to package Krita. Most do an excellent job!

If you want to build Krita yourself, you can get the source from the Calligra git project site. There is an excellent build guide available on the Calligra wiki. If you build manually, please follow that exactly: http://community.kde.org/Calligra/Building/Building_Calligra. You can also use the script to easily get the dependencies and build Calligra from source. Get it from the forum.

We do not have OSX packages. None of the Krita developers has an Apple computer, even. Volunteers to make OSX packages are very welcome! But until a volunteer steps up to do the work, there won't be a package for OSX.

Please support Krita Development with a donation!

Version 2.3

Krita 2.3 was part of KOffice. Some Linux distributions still package that version. But don't settle for it! Krita 2.5, is much better!

Version 2.4

Krita 2.4 was released on 11 April 2012. Most distributions  (Ubuntu/Kubuntu 12.04) have krita 2.4 in their default repositories. But don't settle for 2.4, either!

Version 2.5

Krita 2.5 was released on 13 August 2012. Some distributions have Krita 2.5 available in their backports/experimental repositories. Please make sure you get at least version 2.5.2. 2.5.0 and 2.5.1 had some bad bugs. Krita 2.5 is slowly becoming the default in most Linux distributions. Krita 2.6 is much better though, so try to find a repo that has that version!

Version 2.6

Krita 2.6 was released on 5 February 2013. Some distributions have Krita 2.6 available in their backports/experimental repositories.

Windows

Please go to www.kogmbh.com/download.html to download the HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL Windows installer.

Linux

Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Systems based on 12.04 Long Term Support provide Krita 2.4.x in the default repositories.
For 12.10,  Krita 2.5.x is available. 13.4 has 2.6.x.

To get the last stable version use the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install krita

Debian

The qt-kde debian project has packages available as well now. Follow these instructions:

Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
deb-src http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main

In order to get repository key, install the pkg-kde-archive-keyring
package:

aptitude install pkg-kde-archive-keyring

then you can install krita with :

apt-get install krita

OpenSUSE

• Calligra 2.6 packages are available from the KDE:Release:48 and KDE:Distro:Stable repositories for OpenSuse 11.4 and 12.1.

Visit http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories to find which repository fits your needs.

Fedora

Fedora packages are available in the unstable repository of the KDE Packaging Project.

Gentoo

The ebuild for Calligra 2.6  is in the portage tree as: app-office/calligra-2.6.00. You can use this to install Krita as well; there might be newer versions as Calligra releases more beta's.

Arch

Arch Linux provides Calligra packages in the kde-unstable repository

FreeBSD

Packages are available in area51.

Unstable

Ubuntu

For *buntu, Dmitry Kazakov provides the Krita Lime PPA with builds from Git Master (which is mostly fine for production work):

1. Add the PPA to /etc/apt/sources.list 

   deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dimula73/krita/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main 
   deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dimula73/krita/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

   where YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE is either precise, quantal, raring or saucy.

2. Add the key of the PPA: 

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 188D29195E2B20CF 

3. Install Krita: 

   sudo sudo apt-get install krita-testing krita-testing-dbg 

You can also use the Project Neon packages, which will keep you up to date with git master (which is mostly fine for production work).

Ubuntu users can get a nightly build of Calligra with the Project Neon, you need to add ppa:neon/ppa to your sources.list and install project-neon-calligra package.

This script installs project neon and krita (just copy, paste in the konsole / terminal one line at a time):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neon/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install project-neon-base project-neon-calligra project-neon-calligra-dbg

In order to run the installed packages you have to logout and choose "Project Neon" from the login screen. Neon always has the latest version, not necessarily the beta releases.

Once we start the release process, builds are available in the beta repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install krita

OpenSUSE

• Git snapshots are available from the unstable playground repository.

• Daily build git snapshots are provided here (note a focus on mobile/Plasma Active for these packages)

Compiling from Source

David Revoy makes available a script that makes it easy to build Krita from git master. If you want to build krita by hand, please read the build instructions.