How To Install openshot on Debian 9
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:
- fontconfig
- gtk2-engines-pixbuf
- librsvg2-common
- melt
- python-gtk2
- python-httplib2
- python-imaging
- python-mlt
- python-pygoocanvas
- python-xdg
- python
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
.