Mugshot

Mugshot is a lightweight user configuration utility for Linux designed for simplicity and ease of use. Quickly update your personal profile and sync your updates across applications.

Features

• Update your user profile image (~/.face and AccountService)
• Update user details stored in /etc/passwd (used by finger and other desktop applications)
• (Optionally) sync your profile image to your Pidgin buddy icon
• (Optionally) sync your user details to LibreOffice

Dependencies

Required

• chfn
• python3-cairo
• python3-dbus
• python3-gi
• python3-pexpect

Optional (for webcam support)

• gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
• gstreamer1.0-tools
• gir1.2-cheese-3.0
• gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0

Installation

Debian, Ubuntu, and Derivatives

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mugshot

From Source

sudo python3 setup.py install
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Other Supported Methods

Please submit a bug report or pull request to include additional methods of installation!

Links

Check for new versions or report comments, suggestions and bugs on GitHub

Troubleshooting

If you see the following error:

(mugshot:22748): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'apps.mugshot' is not installed

Be sure to copy data/glib-2.0/schemas/apps.mugshot.gschema.xml to either:

• /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas, or
• /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas

and run glib-compile-schemas on that directory before running Mugshot.