How To Install Asciinema in Ubuntu 16.04

Now update the newly added repository as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                    
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zanchey/asciinema/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]                                          
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zanchey/asciinema/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [444 B]                                     
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]                                    
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zanchey/asciinema/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [444 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zanchey/asciinema/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [200 B]
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Now install the Aciinema package by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install asciinema -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  asciinema
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 407 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 96.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zanchey/asciinema/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 asciinema all 1.3.0-1 [13.8 kB]
Fetched 13.8 kB in 0s (23.7 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package asciinema.
(Reading database ... 176721 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../asciinema_1.3.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking asciinema (1.3.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up asciinema (1.3.0-1) ...

In order to start recording in Aciinema, type Aciinema on the terminal and press enter.

root@linuxhelp1:~# asciinema
usage: asciinema [-h] [--version] {rec,play,upload,auth} ...

Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way.

positional arguments:
  {rec,play,upload,auth}
    rec                 Record terminal session
    play                Replay terminal session
    upload              Upload locally saved terminal session to asciinema.org
    auth                Manage recordings on asciinema.org account

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program' s version number and exit

example usage:
  Record terminal and upload it to asciinema.org:
    asciinema rec
  Record terminal to local file:
    asciinema rec demo.json
  Record terminal and upload it to asciinema.org, specifying title:
    asciinema rec -t " My git tutorial" 
  Record terminal to local file, " trimming"  longer pauses to max 2.5 sec:
    asciinema rec -w 2.5 demo.json
  Replay terminal recording from local file:
    asciinema play demo.json
  Replay terminal recording hosted on asciinema.org:
    asciinema play https://asciinema.org/a/difqlgx86ym6emrmd8u62yqu8

For help on a specific command run:
  asciinema < command>  -h

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove asciinema -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  asciinema
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 407 not upgraded.
After this operation, 96.3 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 176750 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing asciinema (1.3.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...