How To Install openshot-qt on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openshot-qt on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openshot-qt
openshot-qt 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) Task: ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install openshot-qt on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openshot-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openshot-qt
Install openshot-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openshot-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openshot-qt
Install openshot-qt 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 openshot-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openshot-qt
How To Uninstall openshot-qt on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openshot-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openshot-qt
Uninstall openshot-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openshot-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openshot-qt
Remove openshot-qt Configurations and Data
To remove openshot-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openshot-qt
Remove openshot-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openshot-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openshot-qt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openshot-qt package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
