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For Ubuntu 22.04/23.10, Fedora & other Linux with Wayland, Shutter screenshot tool can finally take screenshots for selected area and app windows!
Shutter is (or was) an excellent feature rich screenshot tool, with image editing and uploading support.
It was one of my top favorite apps, but removed from Ubuntu repositories due to lack of maintenance. Though, it’s later added back to system repository, thanks to open-source community’s work by porting it to GTK3.
The Shutter screenshot tool released version 0.95 a few days ago as the first update after moving to Github, and the first step getting back into Ubuntu universe repositories.
Shutter is one of the most popular Linux screenshot applications with editing features. Since Ubuntu dropped old Gnome 2 libraries from the main repositories, Shutter is removed too from Ubuntu repository.
The project now is working on removing old dependency libraries and getting back into Linux Distros’ (Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu) repositories. And the release of version 0.95 is the first step in the process.
Shutter 0.95 changelog:
Shutter packages as well as missing dependencies are now available in a trusted third-party PPA
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut, or from application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/shutter
Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then install Shutter either via Synaptic package manager or by running command in terminal:
sudo apt install shutter
Once installed, launch it from gnome software menu and enjoy!
To remove shutter, simply open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove --auto-remove shutter
And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.
Shutter is one of must install applications in my Ubuntu desktop. And now it’s made into PPA for Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine.
Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot application with editing feature. It was available in Ubuntu universe repository. Since Ubuntu 18.10, it’s removed, along with some old Gnome libraries required by the screenshot tool.
Thanks to “Linux Uprising” team, the PPA maintains Shutter packages as well as dependencies for new Ubuntu releases.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut, or from application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/shutter
Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then install Shutter either via Synaptic package manager or by running command in terminal:
sudo apt install shutter
Once installed, launch it from gnome software menu and enjoy!
To remove shutter, simply open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove --auto-remove shutter
And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.
Shutter, the popular Linux screenshot tool, is finally removed from the final release of Ubuntu 18.10 repository.
For those who want to install Shutter in Ubuntu 18.10. This unofficial PPA offers the latest packages that include:
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shutter
Type your user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to add the PPA.
2. Then install shutter via command:
sudo apt install --install-recommends shutter
--install-recommends is required for application indicator. And you can add --install-suggests flag in the command for more functions.
Once installed, open shutter from software launcher and enjoy!
To remove shutter screenshot tool, run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove shutter
And go to Software & Updates -> Other Software to remove third-party PPA repositories.
Shutter screenshot tool got a maintenance release a day ago with some bugs fixed. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04.
Shutter 0.94.2 includes following changes since the 0.94 release:
It seems the official Shutter PPA won’t update for the new release packages. So I uploaded the packages into an unofficial PPA with support for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04.
1. Open terminal either from app launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shutter
Type your password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then upgrade Shutter via Software Updater utility:
or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade the tool:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install shutter
For Ubuntu 18.04, the PPA also includes libgoo-canvas-perl to fix the ‘Edit’ option. And for system tray icon, run command:
sudo apt install libappindicator-dev && sudo cpan -i Gtk2::AppIndicator
For any issue, you can revert back to Ubuntu build of Shutter by purging the PPA via command:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shutter
For those who don’t use the default Gnome screenshot tool, here’s how to make the ‘PrintScreen’ keyboard key take a screenshot via another (Shutter in this case) screen capturing tool.
1. Launch System Settings and navigate to Devices -> keyboard.
2. In right, scroll down and find out the line says “Save a screenshot to Pictures“. Click on it, and in pop-up dialog change the shortcut from Print to any other key.
3. Scroll down and click plus sign to add a new shortcut, then:
shutter -s as the shortcut function.
Finally click the Add button and done.
In addition, you can add more shortcuts for shutter, e.g., shutter -f to take a screenshot of full-screen and shutter -w for window capturing.
After installed my favorite screenshot tool Shutter in Ubuntu 18.04, I found that the Edit button is greyed out. And this quick tip is going to show you how to re-enable the editing feature in Shutter.
To re-enable the “Edit” option, Shutter requires libgoo-canvas-perl library which is not available in Ubuntu 18.04 main archive. As a workaround, you can grab the package, as well as dependencies, from Ubuntu 17.10’s repository.
And here are the links to the packages you need to install (64-bit only since Ubuntu 18.04 dropped 32-bit support):
1. Download and double-click to install the libgoocanvas-common package:
2. Download and install libgoocanvas3 package:
Either use Gdebi package installer (available in Ubuntu Software) or run command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) to install the package:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgoocanvas3_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
3. Finally download & install libgoo-canvas-perl package:
Also install the package via Gdebi or terminal command, since Ubuntu Software doesn’t solve dependencies automatically:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgoo-canvas-perl_0.06-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
To apply changes, kill Shutter process or restart your computer!
Shutter, a feature-rich screenshot tool, got a new release recently after 2 years and 9 months since the last.
Shutter 0.94 is a bug-fix release with following fixes:
Shutter has an official PPA repository, but it does not update the new 0.94 packages at the moment of writing, though it has been released for more than 2 weeks.
For Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 17.04, you can upgrade to Shutter 0.94 via following steps using the unofficial PPA:
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher. When it opens, run commands to add PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/shutter
Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then upgrade the screenshot tool via Software Updater:
or simply run commands to check updates and install shutter:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install shutter
For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb package directly from HERE.
How to Remove:
To downgrade Shutter to previous 0.93.1, purge the PPA repository via command:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
To just remove the unofficial PPA and keep Shutter 0.94, launch “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.
Shutter, a Linux native screenshot tool with editing feature, was updated to version 0.91 with a few bug fixes and updated application icon.
Shutter is a free, open source, and feature-rich screenshot program for Linux. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.
The latest Shutter 0.91 was released a few hours ago on June 14, 2014. It brings the updated application icon by Lucas Romero Di Benedetto.
Also this release fixed the bug that session tab does not show thumbnails in Ubuntu 14.04.
Finally, Shutter remove uploading to imm.io because the hosting service has been officially shutdown.
Install / Upgrade Shutter in Ubuntu:
Shutter 0.91 is available in its official PPA for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and their derivatives.
To add the PPA, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and hit enter to run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
Then you can upgrade Shutter via Software Updater or Synaptic Package Manger after checking for updates. Or just run the command below to install it:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install shutter
