How To Install gkrellshoot on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellshoot on Kali Linux.

What is gkrellshoot

gkrellshoot is:

This plugin gives easy access to screenlock and screenshot facilities. For screenshot it uses ImageMagick. The plugin displays animations (like a screensaver) along with ‘Lock’ and ‘Shoot’ buttons to be clicked on. With the ‘Shoot’ button one can either grab a window, selected area or the whole screen. It’s also possible to delay the screenshot by a given number of seconds. Another feature is that grabbed images can be viewed with your preferred image viewer. Pressing ‘Lock’ button will lock the screen and start your screen saver. (You need to have xscreensaver installed to use this feature.)

There are three methods to install gkrellshoot 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 gkrellshoot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gkrellshoot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellshoot

Install gkrellshoot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gkrellshoot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gkrellshoot

Install gkrellshoot 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 gkrellshoot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrellshoot

How To Uninstall gkrellshoot on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gkrellshoot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gkrellshoot

Uninstall gkrellshoot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gkrellshoot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellshoot

Remove gkrellshoot Configurations and Data

To remove gkrellshoot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellshoot

Remove gkrellshoot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gkrellshoot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellshoot

Dependencies

gkrellshoot have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• gkrellm
• imagemagick

References

• gkrellshoot website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellshoot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.