In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Shotcut video editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Shotcut is a powerful video editor that caters to both beginners and advanced users. It offers a wide range of features, including support for hundreds of audio and video formats, multi-format timelines, frame-accurate seeking, and more.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation Shotcut video editor on an Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus server.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu or Debian-based.
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- You will need access to the terminal to execute commands. Ubuntu provides the Terminal application for this purpose. It can be found in your Applications menu.
- A network connection or internet access to download the Shotcut repository.
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install Shotcut Video Editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt-get commands in the terminal.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Installing Shotcut video editor on Ubuntu.
Install Shotcut on Ubuntu systems is easy, First add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index, and install the Shotcut package:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:haraldhv/shotcut sudo apt-get update
Let’s install the Shotcut package by utilizing the following command:
sudo apt-get install shotcut
Step 3. Launch Shotcut video editor on Ubuntu.
Once it is done, just run the command Shotcut in a terminal, Shotcut dashboard will be opened:
shotcut
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Shotcut. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Shotcut video editor on your Ubuntu 16.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Shotcut website.
