How To Install shotcut on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shotcut
on Kali Linux.
What is shotcut
shotcut is:
This is a video editor with features like 4k resolution support, network stream playback, audio/webcam captures, and many more.
There are three methods to install shotcut
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shotcut Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shotcut
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shotcut
Install shotcut Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shotcut
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shotcut
Install shotcut Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install shotcut
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shotcut
How To Uninstall shotcut on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the shotcut
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shotcut
Uninstall shotcut And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shotcut
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shotcut
Remove shotcut Configurations and Data
To remove shotcut
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shotcut
Remove shotcut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shotcut
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shotcut
Dependencies
shotcut have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libmlt++3
- libmlt6
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5opengl5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quick5
- libqt5quickcontrols2-5
- libqt5quickwidgets5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5websockets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- libjs-three
- qml-module-qtquick-controls
- qml-module-qtquick-controls2
- qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
- qml-module-qtquick-layouts
- qml-module-qtquick2
- qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects
- qml-module-qtquick-window2
- qml-module-qtquick-extras
- qml-module-qtqml-models2
- melt
- frei0r-plugins
- shotcut-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shotcut
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.