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title: Install pictool on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of pictool for on elementary OS - command line
  program for manipulating and altering images
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/elementary
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# Install pictool on **elementary OS**

# pictool

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/elementary#install)

#### command line program for manipulating and altering images

pictool is a command line program for manipulating and altering images.
It's mostly useful for image metadata manipulation.
Here's the currently available commands:

```
$ pictool  -h
usage: pictool [-h]
               {md-tag-list,image-region-add,image-region-remove,gps-set,gps-get,location-set,face- normalize,gps-get-from-query} ...

Working with images and image metadata

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

sub-command help:
  {md-tag-list,image-region-add,image-region-remove,gps-set,gps-get,location-set,face-normalize,gps-get-from-query}
    md-tag-list         List all metadata tags for the given picture(s)
    image-region-add    Add image metadata region to the given picture(s)
    image-region-remove
                        Remove image metadata region
    gps-set             Modify GPS data for the given picture(s). This does not set the GPS data if the picture(s) already contains GPS data.
    gps-get             Show GPS location
    location-set        Set location info based on the available GPS data for the given picture(s). This sets tags like Iptc.Application2.CountryCode
    face-normalize      Normalize faces from images and store results in new images
    gps-get-from-query  Get the GPS coords from a given (address) query. This command does *not* use any picture(s). It is just a helper.It uses the nominatim service from openstreetmap
```

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### Package name

* pictool

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 12 March 2025 - latest/stable
* 26 July 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/toabctl/pictool](https://github.com/toabctl/pictool "https://github.com/toabctl/pictool")

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install pictool

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 pictool

To install pictool, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install pictool
```

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