How To Install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen is start drawing on your screen and save your beatiful work in a screenshot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen is:

Allows you to draw on your screen in GNOME Shell.

Features:

  • Basic shapes (rectangle, circle, ellipse, line, curve, text, free)
  • Smooth stroke
  • Drawing on desktop and persistence
  • Multi-monitor support
  • Export to SVG

The default keybinding for this extension is Super+Alt+D.

There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen 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-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

Install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

Install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

Remove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

Remove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-draw-on-your-screen package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.