How To Install flameshot on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flameshot
on Kali Linux.
What is flameshot
flameshot is:
Flameshot is a powerful yet simple-to-use screenshot software. Notable features include customizable appearance, in-app screenshot editing, D-Bus interface, experimental GNOME/KDE Wayland support, integration with Imgur and support for both GUI and CLI interface.
There are three methods to install flameshot
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flameshot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flameshot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flameshot
Install flameshot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flameshot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flameshot
Install flameshot Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install flameshot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flameshot
How To Uninstall flameshot on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the flameshot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flameshot
Uninstall flameshot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flameshot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flameshot
Remove flameshot Configurations and Data
To remove flameshot
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flameshot
Remove flameshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flameshot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flameshot
Dependencies
flameshot have the following dependencies:
- hicolor-icon-theme
- libqt5svg5
- libc6
- libfmt7
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5widgets5
- libspdlog1-fmt7
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flameshot
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.