{"id":9853,"date":"2020-03-04T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2020-03-04T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:47:47","slug":"openshot-2-5-1-released-how-to-install-it-via-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/openshot-2-5-1-released-how-to-install-it-via-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenShot 2.5.1 Released, How to Install it via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot_logo245.png\" alt=\"OpenShot Video Editor\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OpenShot video editor 2.5.1 was released a day ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and derivatives via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/03\/openshot-251-released-optimized-effects-improved-performance\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenShot 2.5.1<\/a> features faster performance, huge optimizations with effects, and improved UTF-8 character support. Release highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UTF-8 Project Encoding Bug Fix (for non-ASCII characters)<\/li>\n<li>Auto-Repair UTF-8 Corrupted Projects<\/li>\n<li>Thumbnail Server UTF-8 Encoding<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Broken Color-Shift and Shift Effects<\/li>\n<li>Optimize Saturation, Hue, Blur, Wave, Brightness, Pixelate Effects<\/li>\n<li>Frame: Fix interlaced AddImage<\/li>\n<li>Raise Preview Cache to CPUs X 8 Frames (max 64)<\/li>\n<li>Enhance Json Data Handling<\/li>\n<li>Improve Travis Speed (remove homebrew from Mac builds)<\/li>\n<li>Auto-Update HEX Version (for older CMake versions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/openshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/openshot.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/openshot-450x248.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install OpenShot 2.5.1 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal from software launcher (or press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b>), when it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"99\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-450x74.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then run following commands one by one to refresh repository cache and install OpenShot:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install openshot-qt<\/pre>\n<p><i>Also it&#8217;s recommended to upgrade your system libraries via <code>sudo apt upgrade<\/code> to avoid launching issue.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To uninstall openshot video editor, run following command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove openshot-qt<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA by launching &#8220;<b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b>&#8221; and navigating to Other Software tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/remove-openshot-ppa-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/remove-openshot-ppa-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/remove-openshot-ppa-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/remove-openshot-ppa.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenShot video editor 2.5.1 was released a day ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and derivatives via PPA. OpenShot 2.5.1 features faster performance, huge optimizations with effects, and improved UTF-8 character support. Release highlights include: UTF-8 Project Encoding Bug Fix (for non-ASCII characters) Auto-Repair UTF-8 Corrupted Projects Thumbnail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1372],"class_list":["post-9853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-openshot-video-editor"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853","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=9853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}