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Asked: 2018-07-16 09:14:55 +0800 CST

Recommended way to install Kdenlive on Ubuntu 18.04

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If you go to the kdenlive download page: https://kdenlive.org/en/download/

Under

Ubuntu | LinuxMint | Elementary

It reads:

It is recommended to download the AppImage version until the release of Ubuntu 18.04.

Ubuntu 18.04 has been released. What is the best way to get it installed?

kdenlive 18.04

2 Answers

  1. The preferred way to install any application in Ubuntu is to use Official Ubuntu repositories. You can use search for any package on http://packages.ubuntu.com .

    There is kdenlive version 17.12.3-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS repository (see this page for details).

    To install you can run

    sudo apt-get install kdenlive

    This command will download about 200 MB of packages and will use about 450 MB disk space.

    For 18.04 LTS there is MultiMedia PPA with kdenlive version 18.04.1+git201805021218~ubuntu18.04.1. You can add this repository and install package by:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:torik-habib/bionic
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive

    If you really need a bleeding-edge version of kdenlive on 18.04 LTS you can choose AppImage or Flatpak (you pay with disk space):

    • AppImage (20.12.1c, ~0.25GB downloads)

      wget https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/release/kdenlive-20.12.1c-x86_64.appimage
chmod +x kdenlive-20.12.1c-x86_64.appimage
./kdenlive-20.12.1c-x86_64.appimage

    • FlatPak (21.08.2, ~0.5GB downloads)

      sudo apt install flatpak

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.kde.kdenlive.flatpakref

    For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (and newer) you can use PPA:

    • “Kdenlive” team PPA (21.08.0, ~0.1GB downloads on non-Qt system):

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive
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  2. Just installed Ubuntu 19.10 Mate. Seems like problems with KDEnlive persist, and these are mainly due to KDE widgets and libraries not being installed. I have no desire to install the whole KDE on top of my nice slim system -- even though my new laptop has a good amount of power, I have found in the past that having several DEs on one system causes slow-downs and other problems. The Flatpak does work, but even with the PPA installed and a few Qt libs and widgets and themes installed experimentally, I still have a KDEnlive system that has no timeline (just a blank window where the timeline should be). Would be nice if this program could be made universally compatible with other DEs, as it is a useful tool for video editing (albeit quite idiosyncratic in many respects).

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