How To Install shotcut on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shotcut on Ubuntu.
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 Ubuntu. 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 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 shotcut using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shotcut
How To Uninstall shotcut on Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shotcut
Remove shotcut Configurations and Data
To remove shotcut configuration and data from Ubuntu 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++7
- libmlt7
- 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 Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.