Shutter - Error while opening directory '/home/username/Pictures'

Question

I am using Shutter, and I absolutely loved it. I installed it in my new laptop and unable to get it working. When I open shutter and try to take a screenshot, it shows me error message saying "Error while opening /home/username/Pictures'.

I have tried changing the path to save it somewhere else but still the same issue. I can go to the terminal and create a file in this folder without any issue. So, it doesn't feel like it's a permission issue.

I have also tried to autoremove and purge shutter and install it again multiple times. But it didn't solve the issue. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same issue, it seems that some dependencies were not installed for shutter for me. After installing shutter from the command line:

$ sudo apt-get install shutter

it worked again.

Answer 2

I fixed this issue in my pc by creating the folder manually it is looking for. In your case create folder mohit/Pictures in side /home folder and restart shutter application.

Answer 3

i got the same issue and tried the same way you did by purging the whole app... but well, actually the problem was i moved my pictures folder by mistake, after i put it back in the original location it worked again perfect, so that could be the reason in case anyone having the same problem