[arch-general] no screen grabber
$ sudo pacman --sync screengrab error: target not found: screengrab https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/ Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like. How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
On Fri, 22 May 2015 08:42:59 -0400, James wrote:
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
Hi James, in /etc/pacman.conf you can add repositories for usage with pacman. If "pacman -Si screengrab" can't find it, non of the repositories does provide it. AUR and ABS don't provide binaries, they provide PKGBUILDs. There are Wikis explaining how to use Arch Linux. I recommend you read about pacman makepkg tools such as e.g. yaourt Start with https://www.archlinux.org/ , on top there's a link https://wiki.archlinux.org/ the Wiki has got a search engine. You likely will get links as https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository The first sentence of the AUR Wiki: "The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a community-driven repository for Arch users. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow you to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via pacman." https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt At the moment ABS seems to be unimportant for you. Hth, Ralf -- It only looks like a tape-recorder. It's actually a pen. So you can write with it and no one will know.
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 03:50:30PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2015 08:42:59 -0400, James wrote:
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
Hi James,
in /etc/pacman.conf you can add repositories for usage with pacman.
If "pacman -Si screengrab" can't find it, non of the repositories does provide it.
AUR and ABS don't provide binaries, they provide PKGBUILDs.
There are Wikis explaining how to use Arch Linux.
I recommend you read about pacman makepkg tools such as e.g. yaourt
Start with https://www.archlinux.org/ , on top there's a link https://wiki.archlinux.org/ the Wiki has got a search engine.
You likely will get links as https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
The first sentence of the AUR Wiki: "The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a community-driven repository for Arch users. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow you to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via pacman."
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt
At the moment ABS seems to be unimportant for you.
Hth, Ralf
-- It only looks like a tape-recorder. It's actually a pen. So you can write with it and no one will know.
Hi James; As Ralf has suggested you will find the package you are looking for in the AUR - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/ If you look at the links that Ralf has provided about the AUR and Makepkg you will find all the information you require to install the programs/pacakges that are not available n the Core repository. Thanks.
On 22/05/15 at 08:42am, James wrote:
$ sudo pacman --sync screengrab error: target not found: screengrab
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
On 22-05-15 16:26, Aaron Caffrey wrote:
On 22/05/15 at 08:42am, James wrote:
$ sudo pacman --sync screengrab error: target not found: screengrab
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
That's a bit harsh, Aaron. James : check man pacman, you'll find plenty of search related options. Lone_Wolf
On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf <lonewolf@xs4all.nl> wrote:
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about the Archlinux ecosystem and pacman, but incidentally I have my own list of screenshot taking utilities which I can share: fbdump fbgrab maim scrot shutter and community/simplescreenrecorder 0.3.3-1 A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
On 22 May 2015 at 21:05, Neven Sajko <nsajko@gmail.com> wrote:
On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf <lonewolf@xs4all.nl> wrote:
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about the Archlinux ecosystem and pacman, but incidentally I have my own list of screenshot taking utilities which I can share:
fbdump fbgrab maim scrot shutter
and
community/simplescreenrecorder 0.3.3-1 A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
Note: those should be available in the binary repos.
On 22 May 2015 at 20:07, Neven Sajko <nsajko@gmail.com> wrote:
On 22 May 2015 at 21:05, Neven Sajko <nsajko@gmail.com> wrote:
On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf <lonewolf@xs4all.nl> wrote:
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about the Archlinux ecosystem and pacman, but incidentally I have my own list of screenshot taking utilities which I can share:
fbdump fbgrab maim scrot shutter
and
community/simplescreenrecorder 0.3.3-1 A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
Note: those should be available in the binary repos.
I can vouch for scrot if you need un-fussy screenshots. You literally just type 'scrot' and it takes a screenshot. I bind it to the print screen key in i3.
On 05/22/2015 03:05 PM, Neven Sajko wrote:
On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf <lonewolf@xs4all.nl> wrote:
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about the Archlinux ecosystem and pacman, but incidentally I have my own list of screenshot taking utilities which I can share:
fbdump fbgrab maim scrot shutter
and
community/simplescreenrecorder 0.3.3-1 A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
Several of the DE's have their own screen shot app too, such as: ksnapshot xfce4-screenshooter etc. DR
On 22/05/15 at 05:26pm, LoneVVolf wrote:
On 22-05-15 16:26, Aaron Caffrey wrote:
On 22/05/15 at 08:42am, James wrote:
$ sudo pacman --sync screengrab error: target not found: screengrab
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
That's a bit harsh, Aaron.
James : check man pacman, you'll find plenty of search related options.
Lone_Wolf
Such questions just clutter up the whole email list. The time spent to subscribe to this list, activate their subscribtion, and post their question, and wait for an response could be invested in the search engines and get their answer in matter of 2 minutes. The keywords 'archlinux aur' will bring couple wiki links that nail the whole question.
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Aaron Caffrey <router@archlinux.info> wrote:
Such questions just clutter up the whole email list. The time spent to subscribe to this list, activate their subscribtion, and post their question, and wait for an response could be invested in the search engines and get their answer in matter of 2 minutes.
The keywords 'archlinux aur' will bring couple wiki links that nail the whole question.
And more importantly... because, as laid down in the FAQ <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ#I_am_a_complete_GNU.2FLinux_beginner._Should_I_use_Arch.3F>, Arch users are expected to RTFM as a matter of official policy. Arch is user-centric, not user-friendly. -- Eli Schwartz
I also really like zscreen for its easy uploading to Imgur. I honestly use that feature 90% of the time a take a screenshot. On Fri, May 22, 2015, 5:03 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Aaron Caffrey <router@archlinux.info> wrote:
Such questions just clutter up the whole email list. The time spent to subscribe to this list, activate their subscribtion, and post their question, and wait for an response could be invested in the search engines and get their answer in matter of 2 minutes.
The keywords 'archlinux aur' will bring couple wiki links that nail the whole question.
And more importantly... because, as laid down in the FAQ < https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ#I_am_a_complete_GNU.2FLinux_beginne...
, Arch users are expected to RTFM as a matter of official policy. Arch is user-centric, not user-friendly.
-- Eli Schwartz
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Aaron Caffrey
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Ben Oliver
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David Rosenstrauch
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Eli Schwartz
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James
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LoneVVolf
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Matthew McKinnon
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Neven Sajko
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Ralf Mardorf
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Zander B