How To Install gkrellshoot on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellshoot
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 gkrellshoot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrellshoot
How To Uninstall gkrellshoot on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellshoot
Remove gkrellshoot Configurations and Data
To remove gkrellshoot
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellshoot
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.