How to install RecordMyDesktop in Ubuntu

Solution 1:

I understand that you are in the following page,

Click on the orange color button. You get the following window,

The above actually wants to open the application xdg-open. Click at the bottom right button, for Launch Application. You get the following window in Ubuntu Software Center.

Click on Install. The rest of installation proceeds without any problem.

As an alternative, you may want to proceed with the preferred command line installation process. Press Ctrl-Alt-t, you get a terminal window.

Type

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop

Press Enter. Provide password if asked for, the installation automatically will proceed from here.