How To Install simplescreenrecorder on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install simplescreenrecorder on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is simplescreenrecorder
simplescreenrecorder is:
Simple Screen Recorder is, despite its name, an actually feature-rich screen recorder. The name reflects the fact that it is simple to use unlike many other free screen recording applications available. It can be easily configured to start recording from an intuitive wizard-like interface.
It can record the entire screen or part of it directly. The recording can be paused and resumed at any time. Many different file formats and codecs are supported. To perform an X11 recording, all it takes is selecting an area on the root window with the mouse, choosing an output file and pressing record, either by using the mouse or using a hotkey.
It has a Qt-based graphical user interface.
Its complexity becomes apparent in its powerful features. It allows one to record X11 screen areas and fullscreen OpenGL applications including sound supporting both ALSA, PulseAudio, JACK and OSS. It uses libavformat to encode the recorded material into a variety of video formats. Scaling the recorded video is possible as well as configuring the encoding quality for the codec chosen directly from the user interface.
This package contains the main program.
There are three methods to install simplescreenrecorder 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 simplescreenrecorder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install simplescreenrecorder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install simplescreenrecorder
Install simplescreenrecorder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install simplescreenrecorder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install simplescreenrecorder
Install simplescreenrecorder 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 simplescreenrecorder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install simplescreenrecorder
How To Uninstall simplescreenrecorder on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the simplescreenrecorder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove simplescreenrecorder
Uninstall simplescreenrecorder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall simplescreenrecorder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove simplescreenrecorder
Remove simplescreenrecorder Configurations and Data
To remove simplescreenrecorder configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge simplescreenrecorder
Remove simplescreenrecorder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove simplescreenrecorder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simplescreenrecorder
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install simplescreenrecorder package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
