How to Install AfterShot 2 on Ubuntu

Corel AfterShot is a commercial and proprietary raw image processing software by Corel. It is based on Bibble, which Corel acquired. It is notable among commercial raw software for offering a native and up to date Linux version. by “Wikipedia”

It was designed to compete with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and it uses the full power of multi-core processors in a very effective manner. Also, it is capable of handling number of photo shots.

In this article I will show you how to install AfterShot 2 on Ubuntu system.

Install AfterShot

To download the AfterShot package on system run the below command.

# wget http://dwnld.aftershotpro.com/trials/AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb
--2017-11-06 17:37:27--  http://dwnld.aftershotpro.com/trials/AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb
Resolving dwnld.aftershotpro.com (dwnld.aftershotpro.com)... 104.86.189.19, 104.86.189.9
Connecting to dwnld.aftershotpro.com (dwnld.aftershotpro.com)|104.86.189.19|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 86645564 (83M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb’

AfterShotPro2_TBYB_ 100%[===================>]  82.63M   499KB/s    in 1m 59s  

2017-11-06 17:39:27 (711 KB/s) - ‘AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb’ saved [86645564/86645564]

After download completed run the following command to install AfterShot:

# dpkg -i AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package aftershot2x64.
(Reading database ... 172133 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack AfterShotPro2_TBYB_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking aftershot2x64 (174:2.1.2.10) ...
Setting up aftershot2x64 (174:2.1.2.10) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

AfterShot has been installed successfully on the system. You can go to Ubuntu dashboard and type aftershot, the application icon appears on your screen. Click on it to open.

Enter the location and click on OK.

Now AfterShot is ready to work.