shutter command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

shutter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shutter: command not found

Solutions to shutter: command not found

How To Fix shutter: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu shutter is provided by shutter package.

shutter is:

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website - apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

Features: * take a screenshot of your complete desktop, a rectangular area * take screenshot directly or with a specified delay time * save the screenshots to a specified directory and name them in a convenient way (using special wild-cards) * Shutter is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop (TrayIcon etc.) * generate thumbnails directly when you are taking a screenshot and set a size level in % * Shutter session collection o keep track of all screenshots during session o copy screeners to clipboard o print screenshots o delete screenshots o rename your file * upload your files directly to Image-Hosters (e.g. imgur.com), retrieve all the needed links and share them with others * edit your screenshots directly using the embedded drawing tool

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install shutter

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install shutter.

sudo apt -y install shutter

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install shutter

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix shutter command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.