CrunchBang: Shutter instead of scrot

Want a different screen shot utility other than scrot? Take a look!

To replace taking screen shots in CrunchBang Linux with Shutter instead of scrot, a few steps will be required.

1. Add the Shutter repository.
   • Open Synaptic (gksudo synaptic in terminal)
   • Settings > Repositories > Third-Party Software > Add
   • Add the following lines:
     deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
     deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
   • Close that window off and click the “Reload” button. You’ll get a message about no key, just click OK.
   • To add the key, open the terminal and paste the following:
     sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 009ED615
     Then issue a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install shutter
2. Make PrtScr take a screen shot with Shutter
   • Open your rc.xml (generally ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml) in your favorite text editor and do a search for scrot. Two results should show up. One for “Print” and one for “A-Print”, replace the scrot line(s) with shutter –full and save the changes.
   • Issue a Reconfigure of Openbox and next time you hit the PrtScr button Shutter should take a screen shot and open the interface with the result.

Other than “shutter –full”, theres some other commands you might want to take a look at. Such as –selection and –window. To see all available commands, check out “man shutter”.

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