NOTICE: gtk-recordMyDesktop is ONLY A FRONTEND to recordMyDesktop. You have to obtain and install that first. If you don't have it look here: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net DEPENDENCIES: GNU automake >=1.5 Python >= 2.4 PyGTK>=2.10 or PyGTK>=2.8 with gnome-python-extras >= 2.11.3 (Be carefull since this is checked on runtime. ) recordMyDesktop 3.0 To compile the program you have to go through the regular drill: ~$ gzip -d gtk-recordmydesktop-x.y.z.tar.gz ~$ tar -x gtk-recordmydesktop-x.y.z.tar ~$ cd gtk-recordmydesktop-x.y.z ~$ ./configure ~$ make ~$ sudo make install After this you should get a menu entry under multimedia. If you don't get one even after a logout/login from your WM you can launch the program from a terminal like this: ~$ gtk-recordMyDesktop