How To Install lives on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lives on Ubuntu 22.04. lives is Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lives on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is lives

lives is:

LiVES is a Video Editing system allowing both novice and advanced users to edit and create video straight away. It can also be used as a VJ tool, and can be scripted and controlled remotely.

There are three methods to install lives 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 lives Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lives

Install lives Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lives

Install lives 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 lives using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lives

How To Uninstall lives on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lives

Uninstall lives And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lives and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lives

Remove lives Configurations and Data

To remove lives configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lives

Remove lives configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lives

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lives package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.