How To Install gnome-screenshot on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screenshot on Kali Linux.
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 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 gnome-screenshot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-screenshotInstall gnome-screenshot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-screenshotInstall gnome-screenshot 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-screenshot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-screenshotHow To Uninstall gnome-screenshot on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-screenshot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-screenshotUninstall gnome-screenshot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-screenshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-screenshotRemove gnome-screenshot Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-screenshot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-screenshotRemove 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-screenshotDependencies
gnome-screenshot have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcanberra-gtk3-0
- libcanberra0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screenshot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
