How to record screen on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The aim of this article is to provide a selection and installation notes of some screen/desktop recorders on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

• # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

SimpleScreenRecorder

Installation command:

$ sudo apt install simplescreenrecorder

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RecordMyDesktop

Installation command:

$ sudo apt install gtk-recordmydesktop

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VokoScreen

Installation command:

$ sudo apt install vokoscreen

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Kazam

Installation command:

$ sudo apt install kazam