Screencloud is a tool that allows us take screenshots and upload them to the cloud in a very fast and easy way. Just click on the ScreenCloud icon to take a screenshot and it will automatically upload to our account, although obviously we can configure its behavior as we wish.
The problem is that when trying to install the version of ScreenCloud that worked on Ubuntu 15.04 on the latest version of Ubuntu (16.04), problems arise in the dependencies of the packages. The good news is that even though ScreenCloud doesn't have support for Ubuntu 16.04 yet, is there a way to be able to use it in Ubuntu 16.04 at our own risk. We teach it to you.
As we can see in this discussion In the official ScreenCloud repository on Github, a user realized that in addition to the absence of a ScreenCloud version for Ubuntu 16.04, there were problems when trying to install the stable version of ScreenCloud for Ubuntu 15.10.
As a result of this problem, a solution was reached that allows us install ScreenCloud version from Ubuntu 15.10, on Ubuntu 16.04. These are the steps you have to follow.
1.- Install libqtmultimediakit1I
Installing this necessary library is as easy as executing the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo dpkg -i libqtmultimediakit1_1.2.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
2.- Modify the list of sources
To do this we open the list of sources with our favorite editor, in my case with Gedit:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
We add this line at the end of the open file:
deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu willy main universe
3.- Install the ScreenCloud version for Ubuntu 15.10
To install ScreenCloud we execute the following commands:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/olav-st/xUbuntu_15.10/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screencloud.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install screencloud
From now on, every time we write screencloud in Terminal (and press enter), the application will open without problems.
4.- Delete deb added in step 2
The last step is to remove the deb that we add in the second step. We can reopen the file with:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
And delete the line that we add at the end (deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily main universe).
You should now have the version of ScreenCloud that worked correctly on Ubuntu 16.04 installed on your Ubuntu 15.10. If this little tutorial didn't work for you, please leave us your problem in the comments section. Regards