HOW TO INSTALL KAZAM SCREEN RECORDER (KAZAM SCREENCASTER) IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A BEST DESKTOP SCREEN RECORDER FOR LINUX

Introduction

In this article we are going to learn How to install Kazam Screen Recorder (Kazam Screencaster) in Ubuntu 16.04. Kazam is a open source Desktop screen recorder application used to capture your screen activities and save as video format. Kazam screencaster is a light weight application comes with various features like :

• Kazam screen recorder can be used to record your screen activities and save as video format. By using this feature you can create video tutorials, video presentations and so on.
• Can take screenshot of some windows and save as various image formats like .jpeg, .png…etc..
• Use your webcam to record your self. This feature is useful when you want to record your self during giving some speech, presentation…etc…
• You can record your voice by connecting mic.
• Kazam Screencaster is a cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, MacOS.

Here we are going to install the latest version of Kazam 1.4.5 in Ubuntu 16.04

Follow the below steps to install Kazam Screen Recorder (Kazam Screencaster) in Ubuntu 16.04 – A Best Desktop Screen Recorder for Linux

Before we start the installation of Kazam Screen recorder package let’s update the packages and repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update   # Update Packages & Repositories
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wiznote-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                    
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                  
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease               
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Now let’s go ahead and install Kazam desktop screen recorder package.  To install this package we don’t have to install any 3rd party PPA repository as it’s a part of default repository of Ubuntu 16.04. So follow the below command to install the package.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install kazam   # Install Kazam Screen Recorder Package
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqt4-opengl libqtwebkit4
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr i965-va-driver liba52-0.7.4 libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec-ffmpeg56
  libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcrystalhd3 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libflite1
  libgme0 libgsm1 libkeybinder-3.0-0 libllvm4.0 libmad0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libmpeg2-4 libmpg123-0 libopencore-amrnb0 libopencore-amrwb0 libopencv-core2.4v5
  libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopenjpeg5 libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libshine3 libsidplay1v5 libsnappy1v5 libsodium18 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4
  libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtbb2 libtwolame0 libva1 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxvidcore4 libzmq5 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-vdpau-drivers
  va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all vdpau-va-driver
Suggested packages:
  libbluray-bdj firmware-crystalhd libdvdcss2 sidplay-base libfglrx-amdxvba1 libvdpau-va-gl1 nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr i965-va-driver kazam liba52-0.7.4 libaacs0 libass5
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcrystalhd3 libdvdnav4
  libdvdread4 libflite1 libgme0 libgsm1 libkeybinder-3.0-0 libllvm4.0 libmad0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libmpeg2-4 libmpg123-0 libopencore-amrnb0 libopencore-amrwb0
  libopencv-core2.4v5 libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopenjpeg5 libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libshine3 libsidplay1v5 libsnappy1v5 libsodium18 libsoxr0
  libssh-gcrypt-4 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtbb2 libtwolame0 libva1 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxvidcore4 libzmq5 libzvbi-common libzvbi0
  mesa-vdpau-drivers va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all vdpau-va-driver
0 upgraded, 59 newly installed, 0 to remove and 428 not upgraded.
Need to get 39.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 147 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y   ---> Enter 'y' to continue the installation

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As you can see above we have successfully installed the Kazam desktop screen recorder package, To confirm the same refer the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l kazam   # Confirm the installed Package
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                 Version                 Architecture            Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii  kazam                                1.4.5-2                 all                     screencast and screenshot application created with design in mind

Now to open the application just type the command kazam on shell prompt. Refer the command below.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ kazam   # Open the application

After open the Kazam screen recorder (Kazam Screencaster) application you will get the below screen in front of you. Here select the options as per your need. If you want to capture your screen as video format then click on Screencast and click on Capture OR if you want to take snapshot’s then click on Screenshot then click on Capture.

Once start the screen recording you will get a camera icon on your notification area. Here you will get options like Pause Recording & Stop Recording. Refer the snapshot below.

You can also open the Kazam Screen recorder (Kazam Screencaster) application graphically using search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.

To uninstall the Kazam Desktop screen recorder package use the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r kazam   # Uninstall the Package
(Reading database ... 174829 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kazam (1.4.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

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