Install Shutter-Screenshot Tool on Ubuntu Hardy Heron

By default, Ubuntu Hardy Heron already equipped with a tool to take screenshot. You can access this tool from Applications | Accesories | Take Screenshot. But, this tool on Hardy heron does not support screenshot taking using rectangle select. But this lack of feature is already fixed on the next Ubuntu release. Here, I will show you how to install Shutter as an alternative screenshot tool on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Its a rich feature screen capturing software, you can directly take picture from your screen and upload to the internet directly inside this tool.

If you are interested on using Shutter, please follow this guide. Please also note that this tutorial only for Ubuntu Hardy Heron. For other system installation, please visit this page.

1. Install using PPA Repository (recommended)

- Add the following repositories into your /etc/apt/sources.list. You you can use the Software Source GUI to do this.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

- Now add the GPG key. Paste this command on terminal

wget -q http://shutter-project.org/shutter-ppa.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

- Then update your system. If you like to read the well illustrated of how to add the Shutter repository, I suggest you to visit this official page.

- Finally install Shutter using command:

sudo apt-get install shutter

2. Install from Shutter binary file (without adding the repsoitory)

In order to run Shutter, Ubuntu Hardy heron needs to install the requirement package below. Click to download each package and then install them first before installing Shutter.

- gtkimageview

- libgtk2-imageview-perl

- libgoo-canvas-perl

- Shutter

Then install those packages and you can then run this Shutter via Allpications | Acessories | Shutter.