Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-screenshot-3.32.0

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-9.0 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Screenshot Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.10 and libcanberra-0.30 (Compiled with GTK+3 support).

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

Installation of GNOME Screenshot

Install GNOME Screenshot by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
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 --interactive 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.

Last updated on 2019-08-17 18:15:25 -0700