How To Install grimshot on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grimshot on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is grimshot
grimshot is:
grimshot is a shell helper for creating screenshot in sway. It uses the grim screenshot utility some other small tools like slurp, wl-copy and jq.
There are three methods to install grimshot 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 grimshot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grimshot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grimshot
Install grimshot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grimshot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grimshot
Install grimshot 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 grimshot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grimshot
How To Uninstall grimshot on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the grimshot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grimshot
Uninstall grimshot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grimshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grimshot
Remove grimshot Configurations and Data
To remove grimshot configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grimshot
Remove grimshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grimshot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grimshot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grimshot package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
