Darktable 1.6.2 is released, install on Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA

Darktable 1.6.2 is released, install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA

Darktable is an open source application that provides both amateur and enthusiasts photographers with a virtual lighttable and darkroom that allows them to manage their digital negatives in a single and handy database. It has been designed from the ground up to be used for developing RAW images from digital cameras.

Features at a glance

Key features include an astonishing graphical user interface designed for the modern computer user, support for importing single image files, folders, and scan for devices, ability to categorize images by numerous filters, such as ISO, color label, rights, creator, publisher, camera, date, time, title, lens, aperture, etc., as well as to access recently used collections.

In addition, the application lets users to view detailed information about an image, if available, such as lens, exposure, aperture, focal length, focus distance, ISO, model, maker, filmroll, image id, filename, version, full path, width, height, copyright, local copy, date, time, title, creator, latitude, and longitude.

It also features fully non-destructive editing, 4x32-bit floating point pixel buffers, GPU acceleration via OpenCL, built-in ICC profiles (sRGB, XYZ, linear RGB and Adobe RGB), zero-latency fullscreen mode, tethered shooting, flexible search functionality, powerful export system, and many translations.

The program is capable of importing a wide range of standard, RAW and HRD image formats, among which we can mention JPG, CR2, HDR, and PFM, and can export images to Picasa and Flickr, as well as to export to low dynamic range (JPEG, PNG, TIFF), linear high dynamic range (PFM, EXR) and 16-bit (PPM, TIFF) images.

What's new in darktable 1.6.x :

General improvements

• Better names for key accels (no more <Primary>)
• Local gallery export limited to useful web formats (JPEG/PNG/WebP)
• Add a way to control the brush size with keys
• Default X-Trans Demosaic to markesteijn (single pass)

Bugfixes

• Fix IPTC Keyword reading for real
• rawspeed: support short values in DNG ActiveArea
• really disable parallel export
• remove special characters from style export
• Cropping aspect ratio fixes (#9942, #10265)
• Some fixes to lua/masks/brushes

Camera support

• Pentax *ist DS
• Pentax *ist DL2
• Pentax K110D
• Sony A7 II
• Sony ILCE-3500
• Nikon 1 S2
• Olympus E-450
• Panasonic LX1
• Panasonic G3 (aspect ratio modes)
• Samsung NX1 blackpoint finetuning
• Fuji X-E1 blackpoint finetuning

White balance presets

• 7D Mark II (updated)
• Olympus E-M1
• Sony A99

Install Darktable 1.6.2 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA :

To Install/Update Darktable 1.6.2 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-release
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install darktable

Download for Mac OSX

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.