How To Install screenie-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install screenie-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. screenie-qt is fancy screenshot composer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install screenie-qt on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is screenie-qt

screenie-qt is:

Screenie a small tool to allow you to compose a fancy and stylish screenshots. It is cross-platform (for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X) and very easy to use. You will have an impressive screenshot in just one minute!

There are three methods to install screenie-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install screenie-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install screenie-qt

Install screenie-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install screenie-qt

Install screenie-qt 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 screenie-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install screenie-qt

How To Uninstall screenie-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the screenie-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove screenie-qt

Uninstall screenie-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall screenie-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenie-qt

Remove screenie-qt Configurations and Data

To remove screenie-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge screenie-qt

Remove screenie-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenie-qt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install screenie-qt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.