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Shutter is a nice software but it takes a while to load. I observed that initially it loads some plugins (eg:upload-plugin). Is there a way to disable these plugins so that shutter loads quickly?

please illustrate how to do this.

ish
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Chirag
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The initialization of plugins should only appear once (e.g. after updating Shutter or a fresh install of Ubuntu). If this dialogue appears every time you start Shutter it is simply a bug. There is an updated version of Shutter in our PPA. Please give it a try to see if it is fixed.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install shutter
Romario
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  • Thank you. That solved the problem. However, now it gives following warning in terminal WARNING: Net::DBus::GLib is missing --> Ubuntu One support will be disabled!

    WARNING: Image::ExifTool is missing --> writing Exif information will be disabled!

     – Chirag Aug 10 '12 at 08:23
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    Solved it using sudo apt-get install libnet-dbus-glib-perl libimage-exif-perl – Chirag Aug 10 '12 at 08:31
  • Many thanks, @Romario, for the PPA hint. This does solve the problem. Are you thinking of removing defunct upload sites like ubuntu-pics? – ish Aug 10 '12 at 11:30
  • @izx: Sure, I am already working on it. – Romario Aug 15 '12 at 09:12
  • This is not an answer to the question. My screen is stuck at "Updating upload plugin information." I want to disable plugins (and really, anything automatic / that uses the Internet), per the question. – Jeff Ward Apr 13 '20 at 17:44
  • BTW, in general, I hate apt-adding repos, as eventually they will fail, and cause my apt-get update to throw errors. – Jeff Ward Apr 13 '20 at 19:44
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I was seeing weird behavior, where I'd try to start shutter and I'd get a screen saying, Updating upload plugin information. And that screen would just sit there for 1-2 minutes.

Trying to start shutter from the commandline, it was outputting messages about /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload/vgyme.pm

So I tried simply getting rid of that upload directory (moving it to a backup location, just in case):

sudo mv /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload ~/backup_upload

I then rebooted (which I think was the core of my problems), and now starting shutter works just fine. So whether they were the problem or not, I think I'll happily leave those plugins out.

Jeff Ward
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  • This is a good solution. Works for me on Manjaro as well. I've just removed the upload directory sudo rm /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload. The update message is appearing because it fails to "compile" some of the upload plugins. – Enrico Aug 16 '20 at 13:55
  • The same solution worked. Got it every freaking time I tried to take a screenshot. I'm in Endeavor (Arch). My path was /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/upload_plugins/upload based on the console output. – Dustin Oprea Nov 29 '21 at 23:11