# 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-advertising](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)
- [pkg-config](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/) (build time only)
- [imlib2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/enlightenment/files/imlib2-src/)
- [libbsd](https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/wiki/) (if `./configure --enable-libbsd-feature-test` returns true)
- X [(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 instruction ###
In short, if you are building from an GIT checkout of scrot (but not if you
are building from a downloaded tarball) then you will first need to run:
```
$ ./autogen.sh
```
TIP: if the source code does not have a configure file, you will need to run
the ```./autogen.sh``` command.
Now, proceed as shown below for a tarball. (If you are using the tarball
but have applied additional patches then you may also need to run
```./autogen.sh```.)
To build scrot from a downloaded tarball just type:
```
$ ./configure
$ make
```
And as root:
```
# make install
```
or
```
$ sudo make install
```
Cleaning up the build is also simple:
```
$ make clean
```
To vanish the source code, removing all pre-built files, including configure, run:
```
$ make distclean
```
You can return to a pristine source tree before running `./configure`:
```
$ ./autogen.sh clean
```
Debian users can install scrot from their package manager:
```
# apt install scrot
```
or
```
$ sudo apt install scrot
```
## 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
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