Just a few days ago while I was writing a Tutorial to add images in Eclipse, I felt the need for capturing a specific portion of my screen to add along with the tutorial.
But unfortunately I wasn't on the Windows 7 platform and thus did not have an option of using Snipping Tool, instead I was working on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). After searching the internet for a while, I stumbled upon an app which did exactly what I was looking for named Shutter.
Its a great replacement for Windows based snipping tool as it not only allows us to capture specific segments of our screen, but also provides a built-in editor and uploading function which lets you instantly edit and share your snippets on the web.
To install this tool in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic) and later :
If you want to install this tool on older (pre 9.10) Ubuntu Systems....Click here for a detailed step by step procedure.
But unfortunately I wasn't on the Windows 7 platform and thus did not have an option of using Snipping Tool, instead I was working on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). After searching the internet for a while, I stumbled upon an app which did exactly what I was looking for named Shutter.
Its a great replacement for Windows based snipping tool as it not only allows us to capture specific segments of our screen, but also provides a built-in editor and uploading function which lets you instantly edit and share your snippets on the web.
To install this tool in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic) and later :
- You can add a PPA to your system with a single line in your terminal. Open a terminal and enter:
- Now you should tell your system to pull down the latest list of software from each archive it knows about, including the PPA you just added:
- Install Shutter
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install shutter
If you want to install this tool on older (pre 9.10) Ubuntu Systems....Click here for a detailed step by step procedure.
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