How To Install subtitlecomposer 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 subtitlecomposer on Ubuntu.
What is subtitlecomposer
subtitlecomposer is:
A text-based subtitles editor supporting basic operations (text, time and style edition), realtime previewing and spell checking. Other fancy features are delaying all subtitles in the current subtitle file, checking errors or creating translations.
Different backends (GStreamer, MPlayer, MPV, or Phonon) can be used to play the realtime video preview which helps to synchronize the subtitles.
There are three methods to install subtitlecomposer 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 subtitlecomposer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install subtitlecomposer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install subtitlecomposer
Install subtitlecomposer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install subtitlecomposer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install subtitlecomposer
Install subtitlecomposer 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 subtitlecomposer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install subtitlecomposer
How To Uninstall subtitlecomposer on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the subtitlecomposer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove subtitlecomposer
Uninstall subtitlecomposer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall subtitlecomposer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove subtitlecomposer
Remove subtitlecomposer Configurations and Data
To remove subtitlecomposer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge subtitlecomposer
Remove subtitlecomposer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove subtitlecomposer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subtitlecomposer
Dependencies
subtitlecomposer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subtitlecomposer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.