How to Install Python-pyscreenshot on Linux?
Last Updated :
11 Feb, 2022
Python offers multiple libraries to ease our work. Here we’ll find out how to click a screenshot using Python. Python provides a package called pyscreenshot for this task. It is only a pure Python wrapper package, with a thin layer over existing back-ends. The performance and interactivity are not very much important for this library. In this article, we will learn how to install python-pyscreenshot on the Linux Operating System.
Features:
- It is a cross-platform wrapper
- It also captures the whole desktop
- It also captures an area
- It supports Python 2.6 and above versions.
Requirements:
Installing a python-pyscreenshot package on Linux using PIP
To install the python-pyscreenshot package in Linux we have to follow the following steps:
Step 1: Install the latest version of Python3 on Linux Machine using the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install python3
Step 2: Now, install the pip module which is required to install and manage all the packages of Python3 using the following command:
sudo apt install python3-pip
Step 3: Now, install the python-pyscreenshot package by using the following command:
sudo pip3 install pyscreenshot
Verifying python-pyscreenshot package installation on Linux using PIP
To verify if the python-pyscreenshot package has been successfully installed in your system run the below command in Terminal:
python3 -m pip show pyscreenshot
You’ll get the following output if the installation is completed successfully in your system.
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