This is a patch to tell awesome window manager to run the script capscr[1] when the user press the key PrtSc. Patch rc.lua ------------ Download the patch in the directory ~/.config/awesome $ sudo apt install wget # install wget first $ wget https://git.yctct.com/printscreen.patch Apply the patch to your rc.lua config file: $ patch -i printscreen.patch The patch should be applied; if you use git you can run $ git diff to see. When the rc.lua file is patched you can delete the file containing the patch: $ rm -i printscreen.patch If you use git: $ git add rc.lua $ git commit -m "Apply printscreen patch" You can remove the patch by deleting the commit. More ---- Here is a guide showing how to do the whole set up with capscr: htpps://yctct.com/awesome-prtsc [1] https://git.yctct.com/small/tree/capscr