How to Take a Raspberry Pi Screenshot
19 Mar 2013After you get a Raspberry Pi up and running, you may want to take a few screenshots so you can share the experience with others. Here’s how.
Install Scrot
First, install the screenshot utility, scrot. Open up the LXTerminal
and type the following at the prompt:
$ sudo apt-get install scrot
Use Scrot
To take a screenshot of the whole screen:
$ sudo scrot
By default, the screenshot will be stored in the current directory in a file named for the numerical date and time with a .png extension.
To take a screenshot after a 10-second delay:
$ sudo scrot -d10
Learn More About Scrot
To display a list of Scrot commands:
$ sudo scrot -h
That’s it!


