How To Install screengrab on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install screengrab on Debian 9.
What is screengrab
screengrab is:
Screengrab working in Linux and Windows. The program uses Qt and is independent of any desktop environment. Main features:
- Get desktop screenshots
- Get active window screenshots
- Get secreenshots of desktop selection area
- Copy screenshot to clipboard
- Saving your image files in formats PNG or JPEG or BMP
- Ability to set delay in getting screenshots (from 1 to 90 seconds)
There are three methods to install screengrab on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install screengrab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install screengrab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install screengrab
Install screengrab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install screengrab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install screengrab
Install screengrab 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install screengrab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install screengrab
How To Uninstall screengrab on Debian 9
To uninstall only the screengrab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove screengrab
Uninstall screengrab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall screengrab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove screengrab
Remove screengrab Configurations and Data
To remove screengrab configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge screengrab
Remove screengrab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove screengrab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screengrab
Dependencies
screengrab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install screengrab package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.