FAQ & Help

  1. I want Shutter to be the default tool to take screenshots with. How do I do that?
    Shutter provides a built-in functionality to setup the global shortcuts if you are using GNOME. A detailed description and solutions for other desktop environments are avaiable here.
  2. I want to open my screenshot in an external application but the ‘Open with’ menu entry is empty. Why are my installed apps not listed here?
    You don’t seem to have any mimeinfo.cache files. Try running the update-desktop-database command. If you  don’t have this command you should install the desktop-file-utils package.
  3. Are there any plans to develop Shutter for Window, Mac OS or any other platform that is not GNU/Linux (or related)?
    I totally agree that supporting as many platforms as possible should be a target for most software projects nowadays, but there are some good – in my opinion – reasons against this in some special cases.
    One of the most important things is that Shutter depends on software components that are only available on Linux and comparable platforms (e.g. some gnome libraries and especially a fully working X-Server). Shutter is using xlib calls in many cases to perform the various tasks of taking screenshots. Most parts of the application had to be rewritten when multi-platform would be a future goal. Currently this project is a two men project and it is just impossible to “implement new features and improving the app” AND “spending months in writing several backends to support more platforms”.
    Another reason that comes to my mind is that there are already a lot screenshot taking applications for windows (freeware and professional software). I am unsure if the huge amount of work would be worth it. The fact that there was no dedicated screenshot application for Linux was one of the main reasons for starting Shutter and I am still convinced that it is useful for a lot of people who need some more features than offered by standard tools.

    Nevertheless, this is an open-source project and anyone could start a port of Shutter at any time…to any platforms possible. I am always willing to assist where I can.

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102 Comments

  1. Shane
    14. February 2012

    Thanks SO MUCH for the quick reply, but I don’t think its a bug. It works as you describe. I’m just trying to avoid initializing the plugins all together.

    I don’t use them, so why load/initialize them?

    Please don’t worry too much, if that’s just the way it is. I just thought there might be an easy way to delete/remove all the plugins that I don’t use.

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    • Romario
      14. February 2012

      Yeah, but the initialization should only happen once (e.g. when updated to a newer version) and not every time you reboot your computer. Hence, please try the steps below and reboot your computer in order to check if it solves the problem.

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      • Shane
        14. February 2012

        Well, don’t know. Its not doing it now. I quit and restarted shutter, no extra plugin load. I logged out and back in, no extra plugin loads. I rebooted, no plugin loads.

        Seems to be working perfectly.

        Is there something I can do if it happens again to help track it down? ( ubuntu 11.04, installed from PPA, version: 0.88.1~ppa3~natty1 )

        thanks for your time, hate that it was a waste…

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        • Romario
          15. February 2012

          No thanks, I already know how to fix it. The time was not wasted because your problem is now solved. No need to worry ;-)

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  2. shane
    14. February 2012

    I love shutter, but when it loads at login, I have to watch all the plugins that I never use load. I deleted the plugins folder, but it just got recreated. Is there any way to unload the plugins I don’t need?

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    • Romario
      14. February 2012

      This sounds like a bug. Please check the following:
      1) Launch Shutter (the plugins are initialized)
      2) Quit Shutter via File->Quit
      3) Launch Shutter again (it should appear without loading the plugins)

      Does that help?

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  3. Andy
    18. January 2012

    Hi guys,
    I’ve just run into this :-
    “Can’t locate File/Which.pm in @INC… at /usr/bin/shutter line 129.”
    I’m on Kubuntu 11.10
    It was working fine before…
    I use it nearly every day of my life ;-)
    Any heads-up appreciated.

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