How To Install grim on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grim on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 grim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grim
How To Uninstall grim on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grim
Remove grim Configurations and Data
To remove grim configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grim package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
