How To Install xfce4-screenshooter on Ubuntu

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

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-screenshooter on Ubuntu.

What is `xfce4-screenshooter`

xfce4-screenshooter is:

Screenshooter is an utility for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can take desktop, rectangles or selected window screenshots, and you can bind it to your “Print Screen” key. A panel plugin is provided too.

There are three methods to install xfce4-screenshooter 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 xfce4-screenshooter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-screenshooter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-screenshooter

Install xfce4-screenshooter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-screenshooter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfce4-screenshooter

Install xfce4-screenshooter 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 xfce4-screenshooter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-screenshooter

How To Uninstall xfce4-screenshooter on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xfce4-screenshooter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-screenshooter

Uninstall xfce4-screenshooter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfce4-screenshooter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-screenshooter

Remove xfce4-screenshooter Configurations and Data

To remove xfce4-screenshooter configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-screenshooter

Remove xfce4-screenshooter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfce4-screenshooter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-screenshooter

Dependencies

xfce4-screenshooter have the following dependencies:

References

xfce4-screenshooter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-screenshooter package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.