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Installation

Sean Davis edited this page Jul 30, 2020 · 5 revisions

There are many ways to install Mugshot. If you’re running Ubuntu, you can easily install either the daily or stable (recommended) PPA (instructions below). Otherwise, you can download the source package from the Mugshot releases page.

Following the installation, you will find Mugshot listed in your distribution’s Settings ManagerAbout Me.

Mugshot's "About Me" launcher in the menu

Installation Instructions

The following instructions are for installing using the Terminal. If you have a graphical software store such as GNOME Software, check there first!

Debian, Ubuntu, and Derivatives

Installing from the Repositories

Mugshot is available in the repositories. However, this may not be the latest supported release.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mugshot

Installing from PPA

Stable PPA (Recommended)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mugshot-dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mugshot

Daily PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mugshot-dev/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mugshot

Gentoo

emerge --sync
emerge x11-misc/mugshot

There are a few use flags as well, that can be added to /etc/portage/package.use to enable various features:

libreoffice - LibreOffice integration
webcam - Enables webcam capture support
gnome - GNOME Integration

From Source

Build Requirements

Build & Install

sudo python3 setup.py install
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Other Supported Methods

Please submit a bug report or pull request to include additional methods of installation!