Krita 4.2.2 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu 18.04

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Free open-source painting software Krita released its second monthly bug-fix release for the 4.2 series a day ago.

The new Krita 4.2.2 release features:

Text editor: make sure the background color is the one set in the settings
Fix a crash when creating a text shape
Fix a styling issue in the filter layers properties dialog
Fix selecting colors from the combobox in the palette docker
Improve loading GPL palettefiles with thousands of columns
Fix the slider widget to make it impossible to get negative values
Improve the tiff import/export filter
Fix loading the scripter Python plugin when using a language other than English
Improve the reference image tool and optimize loading images from clipboard
Make the camera raw import filter honor batch mode
Fix loading sRGB EXR files
Fix the “Enforce Palette Colors” feature
Update the brush preview on every brush stamp creation
Make it possible to edit vector shapes on duplicated vector layers
Fix color as mask export in GIH and GBR brush tip export
Restore the default favorite blending modes
Check after saving whether the saved file can be opened and has correct contents
Improve the import/export error handling and reporting
Fix the fuzziness setting in the contiguous selection tool
Fix switching the pointer type by stylus tip
Fix using .KRA and .ORA files as file layers
Fix a crash when using the fill tool in fast mode on a pixel selection mask
Fix merging layers with inactive selection masks
Remove default actions from the Reference Image tool that were inappropriate
Fix undo/redo not restoring the document to unmodified
Fix some crashes and many other issues
Updated Qt to 5.12.4

The Krita Lime PPA has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and derivatives.

1. Open terminal (either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for it from app launcher) and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kritalime/ppa

Type user password (no asterisk feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

krita-ppa-bionic

Then either upgrade Krita via Software Updater:

upgrade-krita

Or run commands one by one in terminal to install Krita:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install krita

For Ubuntu 16.04, grab the single executable Appimage from Krita download page.

You can remove Ubuntu PPAs by launching Software & Updates and navigating to Other Software tab.

To remove Krita, either use your system package manager or run command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove krita