{"id":8270,"date":"2018-10-19T18:46:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2018-10-19T18:46:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:46:54","slug":"install-avidemux-2-7-1-ubuntu-18-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/install-avidemux-2-7-1-ubuntu-18-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to  Install Avidemux 2.7.1 in Ubuntu 18.10 via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/avidemux-icon245.png\" alt=\"Avidemux video editor\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest Avidemux video editor 2.7.1 now can be installed in Ubuntu 18.10 easily via PPA (unofficial) repository.<\/p>\n<p>The new package name has been renamed to <code>avidemux2.7<\/code>, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~rebuntu16\/+archive\/ubuntu\/avidemux+unofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thanh Tung Nguyen<\/a>. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t build the VapourSynth plugin at the moment due to lack of time (<i>I&#8217;m  new to computer languages, and one small issue can take me a few hours to solve<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux271-600x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux271-600x459.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux271-450x344.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux271-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux271.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> For Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 with <code>avidemux2.6<\/code> installed, open terminal (<b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b>) and remove it first via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove avidemux2.6-qt avidemux2.6-plugins-qt<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/avidemux\" target=\"_blank\">PPA repository<\/a> by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/avidemux<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux-ppa-cosmic-600x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"87\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux-ppa-cosmic-600x87.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux-ppa-cosmic-450x65.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/avidemux-ppa-cosmic.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install Avidemux 2.7.1 via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install avidemux2.7-qt5<\/pre>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04, run <code>sudo apt update<\/code> to refresh cache first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-avidemux27-450x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"218\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-avidemux27-450x218.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-avidemux27.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the software package, run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove avidemux2.7-qt5<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the PPA, launch <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and navigate to <b>Other Software<\/b> tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Avidemux video editor 2.7.1 now can be installed in Ubuntu 18.10 easily via PPA (unofficial) repository. The new package name has been renamed to avidemux2.7, thanks to Thanh Tung Nguyen. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t build the VapourSynth plugin at the moment due to lack of time (I&#8217;m new to computer languages, and one small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[556,1591],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-avidemux-video-editor","tag-ubuntu-18-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}