Flameshot is a powerful yet simple to use screenshot software for Linux. It can run on Ubuntu/Debian/Arch/Fedora Linux distributions. In this guide, we will see how you can install and use Flameshot on these Linux distributions.
Features of Flameshot
- Customizable appearance.
- Easy to use.
- In-app screenshot edition.
- DBus interface.
- Upload to Imgur.
Install flameshot screenshot on Ubuntu / Debian
Flameshot is installed on Ubuntu / Debian from apt
repository by running the following command:
sudo apt install flameshot
Building from source
You can also build from source, but you need to install build tools prior to packaging flameshot:
sudo apt install g++ cmake extra-cmake-modules build-essential qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qttools5-dev libqt5dbus5 libqt5network5 libqt5core5a libqt5widgets5 libqt5gui5 libqt5svg5-dev
git clone https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot.git
cd flameshot
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ../
make
sudo make install
The preferred method is installation from the apt
repository as it is easy to update package to the latest release.
Install Flameshot App on Arch Linux / Manjaro
For Arch Linux and its derivatives like Manjaro, Antergos e.t.c. The package is available from the upstream repository.
sudo pacman -S flameshot
Development versions can also be installed from AUR. If you don’t have AUR, check yay — Best AUR Helper for Arch Linux / Manjaro:
yay -S --noconfirm --needed flameshot-git
Building from source
sudo pacman -S cmake base-devel git qt5-base qt5-tools
git clone https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot.git
cd flameshot
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ../
make
sudo make install
How to Install Flameshot on Fedora
Use dnf
package manager on Fedora to install flameshot
sudo dnf install flameshot
Building from source
sudo dnf install gcc-c++ cmake qt5-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-linguist
sudo dnf install git openssl ca-certificates
git clone https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot.git
cd flameshot
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ../
make
sudo make install
How to use Flameshot to take screenshots
Start a capture with GUI:
flameshot gui
Start a capture with GUI with and save on a custom save path:
flameshot gui -p /path-to-captures
Open GUI with a delay of 5 seconds:
flameshot gui -d 5000
Fullscreen capture with custom save path (no GUI) and delayed:
flameshot full -p /path-to-captures -d 5000
Fullscreen capture with custom save path copying to clipboard:
flameshot full -c -p ~/myStuff/captures
Capture the screen containing the mouse and print the image (bytes) in PNG format:
flameshot screen -r
Capture the screen number 1 and copy it to the clipboard:
flameshot screen -n 1 -c
CLI configuration
You can use the graphical menu to configure Flameshot, but alternatively, you can use your terminal or scripts to do so.
- Open the configuration menu: flameshot config
- Show the initial help message in the capture mode: flameshot config –showhelp true
- For more information about the available options use the help flag: flameshot config -h
For more usage examples, refer to Flameshot documentation.