How To Install openshot on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install openshot on Debian 9. openshot is Create and edit videos and movies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openshot on Debian 9.

What is openshot

openshot is:

OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source, non-linear video editor. It can create and edit videos and movies using many popular video, audio, and image formats. Create videos for YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Metacafe, iPod, Xbox, and many more common formats!

Features include:

  • Multiple tracks (layers)
  • Compositing, image overlays, and watermarks
  • Support for image sequences (rotoscoping)
  • Key-frame animation
  • Video and audio effects (chroma-key)
  • Transitions (lumas and masks)
  • 3D animation (titles and physics simulations)
  • Chroma key (green screen & blue screen)
  • Transcode (convert video encodings)
  • Upload videos (YouTube and Vimeo supported)

There are three methods to install openshot on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openshot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openshot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openshot

Install openshot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openshot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openshot

Install openshot Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install openshot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openshot

How To Uninstall openshot on Debian 9

To uninstall only the openshot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openshot

Uninstall openshot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openshot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openshot

Remove openshot Configurations and Data

To remove openshot configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openshot

Remove openshot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openshot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openshot

Dependencies

openshot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openshot package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.