How to enable the Edit button in Shutter?

I am trying to enable the Edit button in Shutter. I installed the application from Ubuntu Software and are using Ubuntu 18.04.

After taking a screenshot the Edit button is disabled. And when hovering the mouse pointer over the button the text "Goo::Canvas/libgoo-canvas-perl needs to be installed for this feature" is shown.

I have tried to install the package libgoocanvas2-perl and restarted the computer, but the edit button is still not enabled:

sudo apt install libgoocanvas2-perl

That is the only package I can find.

Anyone that knows how to fix this?

Solution 1:

I found a solution here: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/04/fix-edit-option-disabled-shutter-ubuntu-18-04/. I can confirm that it works for Budgie 18.04.

1. Download and install the libgoocanvas-common and libgoocanvas3 packages.

   Either use Gdebi package installer (available in Ubuntu Software) or run command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) to install the package:

   sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgoocanvas3_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb
   sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgoocanvas-common_1.0.0-1_all.deb
   sudo apt-get -f install
   

2. Finally download & install libgoo-canvas-perl package:

   Also install the package via Gdebi or terminal command, since Ubuntu Software doesn’t solve dependencies automatically:

   sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgoo-canvas-perl_0.06-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
   sudo apt-get -f install
   

To apply changes, kill Shutter process or restart your computer!

Solution 2:

There is unofficial PPA with newer version of Shutter plus the required dependencies for Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10. See https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/shutter-removed-from-ubuntu-1810-and.html

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/shutter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install shutter

and restart Shutter.