Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-screenshot-41.0

Introduction to GNOME Screenshot

The GNOME Screenshot is a utility used for taking screenshots of the entire screen, a window or a user-defined area of the screen, with optional beautifying border effects.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Screenshot Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.36, libcanberra-0.30 (Compiled with GTK+3 support), and libhandy-1.8.1

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-screenshot

Installation of GNOME Screenshot

First, fix building with newer versions of meson: 

sed -i '/merge_file/{n;d}' data/meson.build

Install GNOME Screenshot by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
[Note]

Note

In order to best run GNOME Screenshot from the command line, the -i option needs to be specified.

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-screenshot
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

gnome-screenshot

is used to capture the screen, a window, or a user-defined area and save the snapshot image to a file