How to install Green screen recorder 2.01 on Ubuntu 16.04
How to install Green screen recorder 2.01 on Ubuntu 16.04
The Green Recorder is a desktop recorder for Linux, and is developed using Python and GTK+3. Although it is a newly released tool, Green Recorder is very simple to install and uses the ffmpeg as backend. In this tutorial, the installation of Green Recorder 2.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 will be explained below.
Installation procedure
To start the installation procedure, add the green screen recorder package into repository via ppa.
root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:mhsabbagh/greenproject
A repository which contains the latest programs and packages produced by the Green Project.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~mhsabbagh/+archive/ubuntu/greenproject
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: /tmp/tmpk3qz0pw2/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 52C2F659: public key " Launchpad PPA for M.Hanny Sabbagh" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
The repositories has been added. Now update the target machine using the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mhsabbagh/greenproject/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
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Fetched 4,538 kB in 48s (94.0 kB/s)
AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.
Reading package lists... Done
The system has been updated successfully. Then install the green recorder package by executing the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt install green-recorder
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
ffmpeg gawk i965-va-driver libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavcodec57
libavdevice57 libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil-ffmpeg54
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Setting up i965-va-driver:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.7.0-2~ubuntu14.04.1york1) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Launch the Green screen recorder from Ubuntu dashboard by typing the package name in the search bar and run the application.
The about option in the application shows the current version of the application.
To use the application, click the record button to record the video.
To stop the screen recording, click the stop option on the green screen recorder menu.
The recorded video is stored in default video directory of the target system.
To play the video the user can install additional multimedia packages.
The additional plugins can be added by authenticating the installation of the plugins.
The package installation is in progress.
Now the user can play the recorded video.
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? The Green screen recorder also supports Wayland in GNOME sessions.
#apt install green-recorder
ppa:mhsabbagh/greenproject
#apt remove green-recorder