How To Install gnome-screenshot on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screenshot on Debian 9.
What is gnome-screenshot
gnome-screenshot is:
This tool takes a picture of the desktop or of a window and saves it into a file.
There are three methods to install gnome-screenshot on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-screenshot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-screenshot
Install gnome-screenshot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-screenshot
Install gnome-screenshot Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-screenshot
How To Uninstall gnome-screenshot on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-screenshot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-screenshot
Uninstall gnome-screenshot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-screenshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-screenshot
Remove gnome-screenshot Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-screenshot configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-screenshot
Remove gnome-screenshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-screenshot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-screenshot
Dependencies
gnome-screenshot have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcanberra-gtk3-0
- libcanberra0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screenshot package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
