How To Install scrot on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrot
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is scrot
scrot is:
scrot (SCReenshOT)is a simple command line screen capture utility. It uses imlib2 to grab and save images.
scrot has many useful features:
- Support for multiple image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, and others.
- The screenshot’s quality is configurable.
- It is possible to capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the screen.
- Other features.
Because scrot is a command line utility, it can easily be scripted and put to novel uses. For instance, scrot can be used to monitor a desktop PC in absence and register unwanted activities.
There are three methods to install scrot
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scrot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scrot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scrot
Install scrot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scrot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scrot
Install scrot 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 scrot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scrot
How To Uninstall scrot on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the scrot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scrot
Uninstall scrot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scrot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scrot
Remove scrot Configurations and Data
To remove scrot
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scrot
Remove scrot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scrot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scrot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrot
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.