Install Google Picasa Photo Viewer In Ubuntu

By , Published November 29, 2009

Google Picasa on Windows comes coupled with an awesome image-viewer. Sadly Google didn't make this available for Linux users of Picasa, but, thanks to Irakli Gozalishvili and a soul known as Caiacoa, you can install it in Ubuntu with a .deb!

Of course, in order to use the photo viewer you do need to have Picasa 3.0 beta installed.

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What is Picasa Photo Viewer?

From the Google Photo Blog: -

We designed Photo Viewer to be a better, faster image viewer. A quick double-click on any photo will give you a beautiful full-screen view (with Picasa edits applied) and puts a select few options at your fingertips: you can quickly rotate an image, star it, upload it to your Picasa Web Albums drop box, or play a slideshow with other photos from the same folder.

What else can it do? Tap the scroll wheel on your mouse to discover how nice it is to have a fast, smooth zoom at hand when reviewing your photos, or try the ‘More Options’ button to bounce an image to your printer, blog, or favorite photo editor.

Install Google Picasa Photo Viewer

Download the .deb @ http://www.caiacoa.de/Transfer/PicasaPhotoViewer-1.0.3.deb

Now you can open a photo with the viewer by right-clicking and then open with > custom command > PicasaPhotoViewer

Set As Default

To set it as the default image viewer right click an image > properties > open with > PicasaPhotoViewer.

Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • http://www.facebook.com/rohitghali Rohit Ghali

    It doesnt work… it gets installed, then instead of the remove button, it shows install button… so didnt install…

    • sriram K

      it says install for me too, but i actually opened a image file with it!
      this surely means it gets installed but doesnt show that it is.

  • hiren patel

    same problem with me…. not working …. after installation process its again showning Install package … 

  • Randy Ardhani

    To use Photo Viewer inside Gnome Nautilus right click on the file (with file type you want to associate with Picasa Photo Viewer) Open with > Open with other application… > Use a custom command > /usr/bin/PicasaPhotoViewer

  • Dinuka Prasad

    ohh !! tnkuu dude !! datz simply woooW !! i was lukin 4 this frm moths !! xD

  • Dinuka Prasad

    ohh !! tnkuu dude !! datz simply woooW !! i was lukin 4 this frm moths !! xD

  • Rohit Ghali

    It works… after installing, on any image, choose open with>custom command>scroll to the alphabet “p”>search for “PicasaPhotoViewer” and select it as default. It works fine for me, but needs a bit improvement. waiting for the next version. 

  • Ashish Jaiswal

    If those who are using ubuntu 11.10, and are not able to set default Photo viewer as a “PicasaPhotoViewer”.. then this can help you out.

    go to this location

    cd ~/.local/share/applications

    Then there is file called as mimeapps.list

    Open it with your favorite editors

    gedit mimeapps.list

    then search for image, then you will find out eog.desktop as an default
    NOTE: This can be change if you been using shotwell or something else, In my case it was image viewer 

    Replace it with this one —> PicasaPhotoViewer

    Then viola…Done..

    Good Luck

    • Javier Gorostiza

      i’ve manages to get it to open under ubuntu 11.10,

      but i get Invalid Image error once picasa picture viewer opens.