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Some programs in the Software Center lack screenshots. Is there a way to add them?

Idea: It would be nice if there was some sort of button Add Screenshot under the "no screenshot" area

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You can quickly and easily add screenshots to screenshots.debian.net which is the website that the Software Centre gets its screenshots from.

There will be a delay in your uploads appearing in the Software Centre, because all screenshots are first moderated.

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    I guess this only applies to programs being released in debian, what about programs only released in Ubuntu? – Pit Feb 03 '11 at 13:09
  • @Pit it does apply to Ubuntu programs also (see [this list of repositories that it includes](http://screenshots.debian.net/about)) – 8128 Feb 03 '11 at 19:33
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    i'm trying to add the Snes9x's screenshot but it seems there is no package Snes9x in Debian so i can't add the screenshot, however Snes9x exists in USC. – loonix Feb 11 '11 at 03:41
  • @user8972 snes9x [is in Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=snes9x). I suspect the reason you can't add a screenshot for it is because the program is not fully open source. This might be by design, but you could [report a bug](http://debshots.workaround.org/trac/). – 8128 Feb 11 '11 at 07:00
  • More likely you are not able to upload a screenshot because the package is no longer present in new versions of debian: it was removed because it was no longer maintained. http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/snes9x/news/20110314T095707Z.html – johanvdw Sep 16 '11 at 19:53
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You can upload the screenshots.

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  • [screenshots.ubuntu.com](http://screenshots.ubuntu.com) seems an exact mirror of [screenshots.debian.net](https://screenshots.debian.net). They resolve to different IPs, though. – Pablo Bianchi Oct 17 '18 at 00:57