How To Install gnome-screenshot on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 350 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screenshot on Ubuntu.

What is `gnome-screenshot`

gnome-screenshot is:

This tool takes a picture of the desktop or of a window and saves it into a file.

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

Install gnome-screenshot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-screenshot

Install gnome-screenshot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-screenshot

Install gnome-screenshot 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 gnome-screenshot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-screenshot

How To Uninstall gnome-screenshot on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnome-screenshot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-screenshot

Uninstall gnome-screenshot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-screenshot

Remove gnome-screenshot Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-screenshot configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-screenshot

Remove gnome-screenshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-screenshot

Dependencies

gnome-screenshot have the following dependencies:

References

gnome-screenshot website

Summary

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