How To Install melt on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install melt on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is melt
melt is:
melt was meant as a test tool for the MLT framework, but it is also a powerful multitrack command line oriented video editor. It could also used as an minimalistic media player for audio and video files.
There are three methods to install melt on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install melt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install melt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install melt
Install melt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install melt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install melt
Install melt 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install melt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install melt
How To Uninstall melt on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the melt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove melt
Uninstall melt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall melt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove melt
Remove melt Configurations and Data
To remove melt configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge melt
Remove melt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove melt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge melt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install melt package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.