How do I take a screenshot on a Raspberry Pi running Debian Squeeze and LXDE?

Question

Noob question...

But shutter not installed, print screen doesn't appear to work, screen grab not installed etc.

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/7423/how-to-printscreen-on-raspberry-pi — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Aug 10 '16 at 13:12

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited May 16 '12 at 02:31

7

This can be achieved with ImageMagick. Install by running the command

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

To grab all desktop just type

import -window root screen.png

Or you can do it with a delay of 5 seconds

sleep 5; import -window root screen.png

edited May 16 '12 at 02:31

Jørgen R

answered May 15 '12 at 22:09

pmalheiros

What if you do not have XWindow running, and want to grab the screen of a console based app? – Bram Jan 23 '13 at 22:13

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '12 at 23:26

6

For a lighter weight screenshot tool, use scrot

sudo apt-get install scrot

To take a screenshot, at the terminal, just type

scrot

To take a screenshot after, say, 5 seconds

scrot -d 5

answered Jun 23 '12 at 23:26

Terence Eden

2 Answers2