How To Install subtitleeditor 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 subtitleeditor on Ubuntu.

What is `subtitleeditor`

subtitleeditor is:

Subtitle Editor is a GTK+3 tool to edit subtitles. It can be used for new subtitles or as a tool to transform, edit, correct and refine existing subtitles.

This program also shows sound waves, which makes it easier to synchronise subtitles to voices.

This package has these features

o Multiple document interface. o Internationalization support. o Video player integrated in the main window (based on GStreamer). o Can play preview with external video player (using MPlayer or other). o Style Editor. o Move subtitle. o Scale. o Split and joint subtitle. o Edit text and adjust time (start, end). o Generate Waveform from Video.

Supported formats:

o Sub Station Alpha. o Advanced Sub Station Alpha. o SubRip. o MicroDVD. o MPL2. o MPsub (MPlayer subtitle). o SubViewer 2.0. o Plain-Text. o Adobe Encore DVD.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install subtitleeditor

Install subtitleeditor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install subtitleeditor

Install subtitleeditor 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 subtitleeditor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install subtitleeditor

How To Uninstall subtitleeditor on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove subtitleeditor

Uninstall subtitleeditor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove subtitleeditor

Remove subtitleeditor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge subtitleeditor

Remove subtitleeditor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subtitleeditor

Dependencies

subtitleeditor have the following dependencies:

References

subtitleeditor website

Summary

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