Screensy is a useful screenshot tool that can help you capture your screen and save it to your local storage. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Screensy on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install dependencies required by Screensy. To do this, open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo zypper install cmake gcc gcc-c++ extra-cmake-modules kf5-kwindowsystem-devel kf5-kxmlgui-devel kf5-kio-devel kf5-kiconthemes-devel qt5-qtbase-devel libxcb1-devel libxcb-icccm4-devel libxcb-image0-devel libKF5ConfigGui5 libKF5ConfigWidgets5 libKF5CoreAddons5 libKF5WidgetsAddons5 libKF5I18n5 libQt5Core5 libQt5DBus5 libQt5Gui5 libQt5Svg5
It may take some time to install all the dependencies. Once it’s done, move to the next step.
The next step is to download Screensy from its official Github repository. To do this, enter the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/screensy/screensy.git
This will download the Screensy source code to your home directory.
Once the source code is downloaded, navigate to the Screensy directory:
cd screensy
To compile and install Screensy, execute the following commands:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make
sudo make install
This will compile Screensy and install it on your system.
You can launch Screensy from the terminal by typing:
screensy
Alternatively, you can search for Screensy in the application menu and launch it from there.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Screensy on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Screensy to capture and save screenshots. If you face any issues, please refer to the official Screensy Github page for troubleshooting or feel free to contact their support team.
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