Hi,
I'm searching an application to convert sets of images (I may have dozens or hundreds pictures to transform).
It is about cropping images in series (Crop a central area of the images).
The only application to do what I want that I find actually seems to be Phatch (or XnView): http://photobatch.wikidot.com/getting-started
(because with Gimp, Gthumb or Krita, you have to write your script python, and it's too difficult to do for me, it's not like in Photoshop where you can create a script with a registration of your actions).

The problem is that phatch don't have package for Solus, and the development seems stopped.
I tried to follow the instructions of this page: http://photobatch.wikidot.com/install ("In case Phatch is not available for your Linux distribution")
with the only file I found: phatch_0.2.7-0ubuntu110.04ppa1_all.deb
but it doesn't work (it's for Ubuntu).

Is it possible ti install Phatch on Solus?
Or maybe someone know an equivalent application which work on Solus?

XnView seems a solution too, but I can't intall it.
I tried different files, flatpak, appimage (XnView_MP.glibc2.18-x86_64.AppImage, I check the box "executable"), but nothing works.
I tried to copy the "XnView TGZ 64" folder in /opt, but "error"
Because I'm knew in linux maybe I don't do the good operations...

Thanks a lot.

    *as far as xnview there was more than the .opt folder: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/3960-xnviewmp-and-xnviewconvert/5

    *with appimages you have to right-click them to change the permissions to /root (if I have that right).

    *as far as phatch these are the instructions:
    **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
    **

    So ignore the .deb and find the targz.

    grab the targz and see if it self-compiles that easy. If it doesn't come back to the forum. gotta start somewhere. good luck. where there is a will there's a way

    edit: I changed the format of the python terminal commands

    David26

    I just tried appimage, it doesn't work, but that's not the first time, it occurs time to time.
    Otherwise, I use TGZ version with no problem.
    Download it, extract it in your download folder, go to the new XnViewMP-linux-x64 folder:

    • go to Xnview folder, copy the .desktop to your .local/share/applications folder, make it executable
    • go back to XnViewMP-linux-x64 folder, right click to open a terminal and copy the XnView folder to opt/ using sudo cp -rf Xnview/ /opt/

    The new launcher XnViewMP should be in the applications menu/Graphics

      Thanks for advices.
      the .local folder is in the personal folder right (for me: /home/mycomputer/.local/share/applications)? Not in the linux Solus partition.
      I copy XnView.desktop in .local/share/applications , executable is ok

      sudo cp -rf /home/galet/Téléchargements/XN-VIEW/XnViewTGZ64/ /opt/ works fine, the copy is done.

      But XnView still not in menu
      Maybe have to restart?

      I tried xnview&
      [1] 7707
      bash: xnview : commande introuvable
      [1]+ Termine 127 xnview
      thanks

      Try XnViewMP instead of XnView.
      you can download last Linux x64 TGZ version from here: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=82

      yes, .local/ folder of your HOME.

      it should be sudo cp -rf /home/galet/Téléchargements/XnViewMP-linux-x64/XnView/ /opt/
      or sudo cp -rf /home/galet/Téléchargements/XnView/ /opt/
      after extracting the archive in your download folder, don't rename anything, the folder to move is XnView (case sensitive) or if you want change something, change the path in your .desktop file.

        sangheeta Ok I do all this, and it works now.
        I just have to check the box executable "groupe" (not only root) in xnview.desktop properties.
        I can launch XnView, nice, thanks 😄
        So it's SOLVED now.
        after that I have suppress the old wrong folder with: sudo rm -rf /opt/XnViewTGZ64/

        Thank you, I can convert my pictures now.

          Perso for mass conversion, I like to batch processes with CLI tools like ImageMagick.

          2 years later

          Hi,
          I would like now to upgrade XNview. Its program folder is in opt.
          If I use the command with the new version folder:
          '''sudo cp -rf /home/me/Téléchargements/XnView/ /opt'''
          It will replace the old files by the new ones?
          Or I have to suppress first the actual "XnView" folder in /opt? (if yes, I don't know how doing that)
          thank you

          XnViewMP is now available on flathub, along with XnConvert. Maybe use those instead of doing it manually. Cheers !

            alfisya
            ok thanks a lot!
            I install it via flathub, no problem
            and I have suppress the old install