{"id":47854,"date":"2024-12-30T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47854"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:23:01","slug":"compile-kdenlive-source-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/compile-kdenlive-source-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Compile Kdenlive (25.08 Updated) from Source in Ubuntu 25.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a step by step guide shows how to compile the Kdenlive video editor 25.08.0 from source tarball in Ubuntu 25.04.<\/p>\n

The popular Kdenlive video editor dropped native .deb<\/code> package support for Ubuntu since version 24.02. It now provides official Flatpak package<\/a> and AppImage<\/a> for universal Linux support.<\/p>\n

If you don’t like running it in sandbox environment, then you may choose to build it from source by yourself! And, here’s how to do the job for the most recent 25.04.0 release.<\/p>\n

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Kdenlive Video Editor<\/p><\/div>\n

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NOTE: This tutorial does NOT work for Ubuntu 24.04 and earlier, because Kdenlive now requires Qt6 >= 6.5.0.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 1: Install Build tool and dependency libraries:<\/h3>\n

Compile an app from source is NOT hard if you got all the required libraries properly installed, unless there’s a compiler bug in the app itself.<\/p>\n

1.<\/b> First, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up a terminal window. When it opens, run command to install the build tool, dependency libraries for build and run-time:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install git debhelper pkg-kde-tools cmake extra-cmake-modules ffmpeg libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libswresample-dev libavutil-dev pkgconf qt6-declarative-dev qt6-multimedia-dev qt6-networkauth-dev qt6-svg-dev libv4l-dev libkf6archive-dev libkf6bookmarks-dev libkf6codecs-dev libkf6crash-dev libkf6dbusaddons-dev libkf6filemetadata-dev libkf6iconthemes-dev libkf6newstuff-dev libkf6notifications-dev libkf6notifyconfig-dev libkf6purpose-dev libkf6solid-dev libkf6textwidgets-dev libkf6widgetsaddons-dev libkf6xmlgui-dev qml6-module-org-kde-desktop qml-module-org-kde-sonnet qml6-module-qtqml-models qml6-module-qtquick-window mediainfo<\/pre>\n
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2.<\/b> For Ubuntu 25.04, also run command below to install the MLT dependency libraries:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install libmlt++-dev libmlt-dev<\/pre>\n
Step 2: Download & Build MLT 7.32.0 (Optional)<\/h3>\n
NOTE: This step is OPTIONAL if you use the system MLT library.<\/b><\/p>\n
1.<\/b> install dependency library for MLT, run command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install chrpath dh-python frei0r-plugins-dev imagemagick ladspa-sdk libarchive-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libdv4-dev libebur128-dev libexif-dev libfftw3-dev libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev libjack-jackd2-dev libmovit-dev libopencv-dev libpango1.0-dev qt6-5compat-dev librubberband-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsdl1.2-compat-dev libsdl2-dev libsox-dev libswscale-dev libvidstab-dev libvorbis-dev libxine2-dev libxml2-dev python3-dev swig<\/pre>\n
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2.<\/b> Then, go to the Github releases page and download the source tarball:<\/p>\n
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Download MLT (under Assets)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
3.<\/b> Next, open your Downloads folder and click extract the source tarball. Then, right-click on source folder and click “Open in Terminal<\/b>” to open a terminal window with the source as working directory.<\/p>\n
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open MLT source folder in terminal<\/p><\/div>\n
4.<\/b> Finally, run the commands below one by one to configure source, build, and install it into your system.<\/p>\n