How To Install maim on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install maim on Kali Linux. maim is takes screenshots of your desktop

Introduction

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

What is maim

maim is:

maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop. It has options to take only a region, and relies on another program called slop to query the user for regions using the graphical interface.

maim is command line tool that is supposed to be an improved scrot.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maim

Install maim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maim

Install maim 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 maim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maim

How To Uninstall maim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove maim

Uninstall maim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maim

Remove maim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge maim

Remove maim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maim

Dependencies

maim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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