How To Install grim on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install grim on Kali Linux. grim is command-line utility to make screenshots of Wayland desktops

Introduction

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

What is grim

grim is:

grim is a command-line utility to take screenshots of Wayland desktops. For now it requires support for the screencopy protocol to work. Support for the xdg-output protocol is optional, but improves fractional scaling support. grim will write a PNG to a file or to stdout.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grim

Install grim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grim

Install grim 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 grim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grim

How To Uninstall grim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove grim

Uninstall grim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grim

Remove grim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grim

Remove grim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grim

Dependencies

grim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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