How to install Kazam Screen recorder 1.4.5 on Linux Mint 18.3

To install Kazam Screen recorder 1.4.5 on Linux Mint 18.3

Kazam is a simple screen recording and screenshot tool used for several Linux distributions and it lets its users to capture the content of the screen and record a video file, which can be played by any video player. It supports VP8/WebM video format. The mentioned tool is used to select the area to be recorded or complete screen. It is so simple to install Kazam on Linux Mint, and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Kazam

First, make sure you update your system repository by making use of the following command.

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB]
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                        
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                              
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner amd64 Packages [3,128 B]                                 
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner i386 Packages [3,120 B]                                 
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release [24.2 kB]                               
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release.gpg [819 B]  
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Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,376 B]                       
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [248 kB]                           
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [16.2 kB]                        
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [15.3 kB]                         
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse Translation-en [8,076 B]                        
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,104 B]                        
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,080 B]                         
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,844 B]                        
Fetched 5,562 kB in 13s (404 kB/s)                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done

Once it is done, you need to install Kazam with required packages as follows.

linuxhelp user # apt install kazam python3-cairo python3-xlib
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python3-cairo is already the newest version (1.10.0+dfsg-5build1).
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr liba52-0.7.4 libkeybinder-3.0-0
  libmad0 libmp3lame0 libmpeg2-4 libmpg123-0 libsidplay1v5 libtwolame0 libx264-148
Suggested packages:
  sidplay-base
Recommended packages:
  gstreamer1.0-libav
The following NEW packages will be installed:
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Setting up libmad0:amd64 (0.15.1b-8ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libmpeg2-4:amd64 (0.5.1-7) ...
Setting up libkeybinder-3.0-0:amd64 (0.3.1-1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 (0.3.1-1) ...
Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr:amd64 (1.8.3-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up liba52-0.7.4:amd64 (0.7.4-18) ...
Setting up libmp3lame0:amd64 (3.99.5+repack1-9build1) ...
Setting up libmpg123-0:amd64 (1.22.4-1) ...
Setting up libsidplay1v5 (1.36.59-8) ...
Setting up libtwolame0:amd64 (0.3.13-1.2) ...
Setting up libx264-148:amd64 (2:0.148.2643+git5c65704-1) ...
Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 (1.8.3-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up kazam (1.4.5-2) ...
Setting up python3-xlib (0.14+20091101-5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Now that Kazam has been installed, you shall launch it through your Linux Mint search field.

The Kazam application now appears on your screen.

If you want to know more information on Kazam you shall check out its version.

With this, the installation of Kazam comes to an end.