Select the area you want to capture and you will get few options to work with like highlighting, drawing lines and pointers, adding text, uploading to Imgur, save locally, etc.

To take the screenshot all you have to do is press “ Take screenshot”. Press “ Information“ and it will display shortcuts and license/version information. We will see what each option is and how to use it.

This will show various options you can work with. Right-click on the flameshot icon from the system tray. Since I am running Linux Mint, by default it has a system tray. To access from the system tray make sure you have a systray installed in your OS. Go to “ Menu → Type flameshot → Select “ flameshot” will be launched and on the system tray. How to Use Flameshot in Linux Desktopįlameshot can be started manually or we can make it auto start when the system boots up. You can also install the most latest version of Flameshot from the snap store or flathub. This is the method I prefer since I can install the new version irrespective of what ships with my distribution. deb) from GitHub based upon your distribution and install it locally. The second method would be to download the flameshot package (. $ sudo apt install flameshot # Debian, Ubuntu-based distro $ sudo dnf install flameshot # Rhel, Centos, Fedora Before installing through this method make sure you verify the version that ships with your OS. How to Install Flameshot in Linuxįlameshot can be installed using package managers. For the purpose of demonstration, I am using Linux Mint 20.04. In this article, you will learn how to install and use Flameshot screenshot software in Linux desktop systems. Every popular Linux distribution comes with a screenshot tool but they lack few functionalities that flameshot offers. Flameshot is an open-source screenshot tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows.

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