Gromit MPX is a free and open source screen annotation application for Linux. It supports both X11 as well as Wayland. Using Gromit MPX, you can draw and highlight everywhere onto the screen. You can use Gromit MPX using system tray icon or shortcut hotkeys. You can also change key binding for every keys. GRaphics Over Miscellaneous Things – Multi Pointer Extension in short Gromit MPX is a simple and easy to use application.
How to Install Gromit MPX on Ubuntu Linux
Gromit MPX is available as a flatpak package file from the flathub app store. First you need to install flatpak and flathub on your system and restart it after the installation.
After that open the terminal app (ctrl+alt+t) and run below Gromit MPX flatpak install command. It will install the latest version of Gromit MPX app on your Ubuntu Linux system.
flatpak install flathub net.christianbeier.Gromit-MPX
After the successful installation of Gromit MPX, you can open it using below command. You can also start it using the show applications menu.
flatpak run net.christianbeier.Gromit-MPX
And uninstall Gromit MPX using below command.
sudo flatpak uninstall net.christianbeier.Gromit-MPX
That’s it.