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How to install Shutter on Linux mint-18.3

To install Shutter on Linux mint-18.3

Shutter is a best screenshot taking tool available for Linux mint-18.3. It is a feature-rich screenshot program for Linux based operating systems such as Linux mint-18.3. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website &ndash apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

Features

  • Capture a Specific Area
  • Capture your Desktop
  • Capture a Window
  • Capture a Menu or Tooltip
  • Capture a Website

Install Shutter

First, make sure you update your system by making use of the following command. 

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                        
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                             
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                             
Ign:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Reading package lists... Done

Once it is done, you shall proceed with the installation of Shutter. 

linuxhelp user # apt-get install shutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libclass-data-inheritable-perl libcommon-sense-perl libcrypt-openssl-bignum-perl libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl libdata-random-perl libfile-which-perl
  libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-gconf-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnome2-wnck-perl libgtk2-imageview-perl libgtk2-unique-perl
  libgtkimageview0 libhttp-server-simple-perl libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libmouse-perl
  libnet-dropbox-api-perl libnet-oauth-perl libpath-class-perl libperl5.22 libproc-processtable-perl libproc-simple-perl libsort-naturally-perl
  libtypes-serialiser-perl libunique-1.0-0 libwww-mechanize-perl libx11-protocol-perl libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl
  libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl perl perl-base perl-modules-5.22 perlmagick
Suggested packages:
libgd-perl libgnomevfs2-extra libclass-method-modifiers-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl libgoo-canvas-perl libgtk2-appindicator-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libclass-data-inheritable-perl libcommon-sense-perl libcrypt-openssl-bignum-perl libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl libdata-random-perl libfile-which-perl
  libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-gconf-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnome2-wnck-perl libgtk2-imageview-perl libgtk2-unique-perl
  libgtkimageview0 libhttp-server-simple-perl libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libmouse-perl
  libnet-dropbox-api-perl libnet-oauth-perl libpath-class-perl libproc-processtable-perl libproc-simple-perl libsort-naturally-perl
  libtypes-serialiser-perl libunique-1.0-0 libwww-mechanize-perl libx11-protocol-perl libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl
  libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl perlmagick shutter
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libperl5.22 perl perl-base perl-modules-5.22
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Creating config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
Setting up libxml-libxml-perl (2.0123+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser with priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX with priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file...
Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
Setting up libxml-simple-perl (2.22-1) ...
Setting up perlmagick (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9) ...
Setting up shutter (0.93.1-1ubuntu1) ...Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9)&hellip

Once it is installed, you shall open the application via the Linux Mint search field.

Type shutter on search field.

Click the icon to open the application.

A popup appears for initializing the application.

Once it is done, it will be opened.

Click on the area as denoted in the image to add a snap.

You can also check the shortcuts on screen.

Select the window using cursor to take a snap.


And double-click to take a snap.

Click on Done to finish taking the snap.

Open your Pictures directory.

Click on the file you' ve snapped to open it.



With this, the installation of Shutter on Linux Mint-18.3 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint shutter
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A
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Q
What is shutter tool ?
A
Shutter is a tool that is used to take screenshot of a specific area or the whole window of a machine.The screenshot will be saved in a image file format like jpeg, png, bmp, ani, ico, fig, tiff etc.
Q
wheather shutter is available for windows ?
A
yes , shutter is available for windows.
Q
why should we use shutter ?
A
Shutter a feature-rich screenshot taking tool available for Linux. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website and apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.
Q
what command to install shutter on ubuntu?
A
you can install shutter using the following command.
# apt-get install shutter