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Total noob in Ubuntu here so I need help for installing and using color profiles...

I have a Color profile made with a spyder3 elite hardware calibrator and saved an .icm profile in Windows 7. I have put the .icm file on a USB stick and copied it to the Ubuntu desktop.

Till now I have tried:

  • to right click it and "open with ICC profile installer" but have a "permission denied..." message,
  • copy it with root access (in terminal $ sudo nautilus) to usr/share/color/icc/colord and import from there and without success.
  • In system settings under color I have profile "Dell U2412M" which is my monitor but under add profile have only a few options without possibility to add my own profile...

What is the proper way to install and use an ICM profile in Ubuntu?

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To update existing Color profiles

  1. Insert the USB stick (hopefully FAT32)
  2. In the top right corner of the screen, click the "gears" icon
  3. Choose the 3rd menu item: "system settings"
  4. Click "Device Colour profiles" (looks like a colourful flower)
  5. Click "add profile"
  6. Choose "other profile"
  7. Change in the lower right corner "Supported ICC profiles" to "All files" (icm = International Colour Microsoft)
  8. Choose the USB stick from "devices" and navigate to the file and click "import"
  9. Done

To have more advanced color management

sudo apt-get install gnome-color-manager

This will install the full gnome color manager that will allow you to add your own hardware calibration, ...

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