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title: Install Phatch on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Phatch for on elementary OS - Photo Batch Processor
  in Python
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/phatch-gui/elementary
---

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# Install Phatch on **elementary OS**

# Phatch (phatch-gui)

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* [Fave Oled (readableauthor)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/readableauthor "View all snaps from Fave Oled (readableauthor)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/phatch-gui/elementary#install)

#### Photo Batch Processor in Python

Phatch is a simple to use cross-platform GUI Photo Batch Processor which handles all popular image formats and can duplicate (sub)folder hierarchies. Phatch can batch resize, rotate, rename, ... and more in minutes instead of hours or days if you do it manually.

FEATURES

* Actions: resize, rotate, invert, flip, watermark, shadow, rounded corners and more to come
* Drag & drop of actions
* Enable & disable actions
* Can copy folder hierarchies
* Error logging
* File history

Phatch supports the same file formats as PIL...

* Read & write: 'bmp','dib','gif','jpe','jpeg','jpg','im','msp', 'pcx','png','pbm','pgm','ppm','tif','tiff','xbm'
* Read only: 'cur','dcx','fli','flc','fpx', 'gbr','gd','ico','imt','mic','mcidas','pcd', 'psd','bw','rgb','cmyk','sun','tga','xpm'
* Write only: 'eps','ps','pdf'

Note: this application is not maintained anymore.

### Package name

* phatch-gui

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### License

* GPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 1 June 2022 - latest/stable
* 1 June 2022 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20150813191947/http://photobatch.stani.be/download/index.html "https://web.archive.org/web/20150813191947/http://photobatch.stani.be/download/index.html")

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### Contact

* [estrella.20171236@nicoric.com](mailto:estrella.20171236@nicoric.com "mailto:estrella.20171236@nicoric.com")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/phatch-gui/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Phatch

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Phatch

To install Phatch, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install phatch-gui
```

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