How To Install kazam on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kazam on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kazam
kazam is:
Kazam provides a well designed and easy to use interface for capturing screencasts and screenshots. It can record desktop video and multiple audio streams simultaneously with control over audio levels and the screen region being captured.
Support for H264 and VP8 codecs is built in.
There are three methods to install kazam 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 kazam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kazam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kazam
Install kazam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kazam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kazam
Install kazam 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 kazam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kazam
How To Uninstall kazam on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kazam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kazam
Uninstall kazam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kazam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kazam
Remove kazam Configurations and Data
To remove kazam configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kazam
Remove kazam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kazam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kazam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kazam package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
