How do I install Adobe ICC Profiles in Linux?
1. Download this file from ftp.adobe.com:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/iccprofiles/linux/AdobeColorProfiles-end-user.rpm.tar.gz
2. Unpack the rpm with:
tar xvf AdobeColorProfiles-end-user.rpm.tar.gz
This will give you an rpm for rpm based distros.
3a. If you need a deb, use alien to convert the rpm to a deb:
3b.
sudo apt-get install alien
3c.
sudo alien --to-deb adobe-color-profiles-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
3d.
sudo dpkg -i adobe-color-profiles_1.0-2_all.deb
The files will be installed in this folder:
/usr/share/color/icc/Adobe ICC Profiles/
4. In GIMP or other program of your choice, set the color management to use your desired ICC profile.
Sweet!
PS: Ubuntu provides some additional profiles with this package:
sudo apt-get install icc-profiles
Thank you for these instructions
In point 3c. there is a problem when I copy the command with copy/paste to terminal window. Before to-deb there are needed 2 minuses but in my browser (Chrome) there appeared a “long” minus.
I’m not sure of the cause of this problem, but people could stumble over it.
Regards Walter
Twitter: scottlinux
Thanks! I’ve got that fixed,
hi.
I am desperately searchiung for the right icc profiles /linux as the link you postet does not work anymore?
And also on the adobe page I just find download for max and windows? Is there any difference or are they as well usable ??
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/iccprofiles/linux/AdobeColorProfiles-end-user.rpm.tar.gz
any hint?!
zozo
Twitter: scottlinux
Hm, the article ftp url works ok for me. You can just browse their FTP directory as well:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/iccprofiles/
Regards,
he!
thx a lot! I tryed it again and now it worked?
I swear it dit not work before.
Cool..
But what makes me now a bit thinking is that this files are quite old
linux 11/08/2005
under windows and mac are some files from 2008
so don’t you think that there must be already newer versions of .iccs
I am working on a workshop which is dealing with free software and CMYK
- quite experimental still :/
zozo
Twitter: scottlinux
Yeah you can extract and use the 2008 profiles as well.
Perhaps Adobe doesn’t care as much to update their Linux download?
Looks like the 2008 ICC Profiles are:
8 RGB profiles
Adobe RGB (1998)
Apple RGB
ColorMatch RGB
SMPTE-C PAL/SECAM
HDTV (Rec. 709)
SDTV NTSC
SDTV PAL
14 CMYK profiles
US Web Coated (SWOP) v2
US Web Uncoated v2
Coated GRACoL 2006 (ISO 12647-2:2004)
Web Coated SWOP Grade 3 Paper
Web Coated SWOP Grade 5 Paper
Coated FOGRA27 (ISO 12647-2:2004)
Web Coated FOGRA28 (ISO 12647-2:2004)
Uncoated FOGRA29 (ISO 12647-2:2004)
Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)
Japan Web Coated (Ad)
Japan Color 2001 Coated
Japan Color 2001 Uncoated
Japan Color 2002 Newspaper
Japan Color 2003 Web Coated
Perhaps Adobe doesn’t care as much to update their Linux download?
I am afraid yes
So you mean take the OSX ones an put it in /usr/share/color
zozo
Ah sorry I oversaw that you answered this already …
Just wanted to say thanks for the directions.
jedson