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I am using Ubuntu 16.04. I tried to install Flameshot, but got an error saying Unable to locate package flameshot .

(base) kong:~$ sudo apt install flameshot
[sudo] password for kong: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package flameshot

Results of lsb_release -a :

(base) kong:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch:printing-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:printing-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Release:    16.04
Codename:   xenial
karel
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Kong
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If you want install the Flameshot on Ubuntu 16.04 you can simply build it from the source.

To do that, firstly you need to install these build tools:

sudo apt install g++ build-essential qt5-default qt5-qmake qttools5-dev-tools
sudo apt install libqt5dbus5 libqt5network5 libqt5core5a libqt5widgets5 libqt5gui5 libqt5svg5-dev
sudo apt install git openssl ca-certificates

And after that download the sources and install them:

git clone https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot.git && cd flameshot
mkdir build && cd build
qmake ../
sudo make
sudo make install
simhumileco
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    Worked like a charm. Thanks. Just a additional info for future readers:

    To start:

    From terminal -

    flameshot there will be an icon on the top bar.

     – Pramesh Bajracharya Dec 07 '19 at 17:13
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According to https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&section=all&arch=any&keywords=flameshot&searchon=names

the flameshot package is only available for Ubuntu release 18.04LTS or later.

waltinator
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