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SCReenshOT - command line screen capture utility
https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot
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SCReenshOT - command line screen capture utility
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot
- Owner: resurrecting-open-source-projects
- License: other
- Created: 2019-02-12T16:25:16.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-24T14:07:35.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-31T22:42:39.336Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: cli, picture, screen-capture, screenshot-utility, screenshots, x11
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 871 KB
- Stars: 465
- Watchers: 12
- Forks: 49
- Open Issues: 25
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: ChangeLog
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: COPYING
- Authors: AUTHORS
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README
# scrot (SCReenshOT)
#### scrot - command line screen capture utility
## What is scrot? ##
scrot is a simple command line screen capture utility, it uses imlib2 to grab
and save images.
scrot has many useful features:
- Support for multiple image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, and others.
- The screenshot's quality is configurable.
- It is possible to capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the
screen.
Because scrot is a command line utility, it can easily be scripted and put to
novel uses. For instance, scrot can be used to monitor an X server in absence.
scrot is free software under the [MIT-feh](COPYING) license.
## Help this project ##
scrot needs your help. **If you are a programmer** and want to help a nice
project, this is your opportunity.
The original scrot went unmaintained; the source of the last version, 0.8, was
[imported from Debian](https://snapshot.debian.org/package/scrot/). After,
patches from Debian and elsewhere were applied to create the 0.9 release. The
details of our releases are registered in the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog) file.
Now, scrot is maintained by volunteers under [Resurrecting Open Source Projects](https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects).
If you are interested in helping scrot, read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
## Building ##
This section describes the steps to build and install scrot.
### Dependencies ###
scrot requires a few projects and libraries:
- [autoconf](https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html) (build time only)
- [autoconf-archive](https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/) (build time only)
- A pkg-config implementation [(e.g. pkgconf)](https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf) (build time only)
- [imlib2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/enlightenment/files/imlib2-src/)
(must be built with X, text and filters support)
- [libbsd](https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/wiki/) (only needed if `` is missing)
- An X11 implementation [(e.g. X.Org)](https://www.x.org/wiki/)
- libXcomposite [(can be found in X.Org)](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcomposite)
- libXext [(can be found in X.Org)](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxext)
- libXfixes [(can be found in X.Org)](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfixes)
- libXinerama [(can be found in X.Org)](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxinerama)
### Generic installation instructions ###
If you are building from a git checkout, or if you have applied additional
patches to a tarball release, run:
```console
$ ./autogen.sh
```
TIP: if the source code does not have a _configure_ file, you need to run
`./autogen.sh`.
If you have a tarball release, or after running the command above on a git
checkout or a patched tarball, run:
```console
$ ./configure && make
```
To install the compiled result, run as root:
```console
# make install
```
Or, as a regular user:
```console
$ sudo make install
```
Cleaning up the build is also simple:
```console
$ make clean
```
To vanish the source code, removing all pre-built files, including _configure_,
run:
```console
$ make distclean
```
You can return to a pristine source tree before running `./configure`:
```console
$ ./autogen.sh clean
```
Debian users can install scrot from their package manager:
```console
$ sudo apt install scrot
```
Bash and Zsh completion scripts are available in [etc/](./etc).
Distro packagers are encouraged to install them to the appropriate directory.
## Author ##
scrot was originally developed by Tom Gilbert.
Currently, source code is maintained by volunteers. Newer versions are
available at https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot