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!