How to Install VidCutter on Ubuntu?

VidCutter is a free, open-source video editor for Linux systems. It is designed to be lightweight and easy to use, making it a great option for users who want to quickly and easily edit their videos. To provide you with just what you require for cutting, program developers, in keeping with the name of the program, have been pared down to the essentials. Consequently, you no longer need to acquire challenging video editing software merely to create a brief clip. Simply drag and drop the video you want to modify into the VidCutter window. After that, he is able to establish the start and endpoints accurately. You can do this as many times as you like to get a large number of different clips. In this article, we will show you how to install VidCutter on Ubuntu.

Install VidCutter on Ubuntu

VidCutter application can be effectively installed on Ubuntu by using 3 different methods:

• Method 1: Using Snap Manager
• Method 2: Using PPA Repository
• Method 3: Using Flatpak

Let’s install the VidCutter application using all the above methods one by one.

Method 1: Using Snap Manager

Step 1: Update the repositories using the apt command.

sudo apt update

Step 2: Now using the apt manager install the snapd manager. Execute the below command in the terminal.

sudo apt install snapd

Step 3:  Use the below command to install the VidCutter application in the system by using snap manager.

sudo snap install vidcutter

Step 4: After installation of the VidCutter application, we will launch the application for usage by executing the below command in the same terminal:

vidcutter

Method 2: Using PPA Repository

Step 1: If you don’t want to utilize Snap manager, you can use the PPA repository technique, but you’ll need to add the extra repository that the software creators have provided. 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozmartian/apps

Step 2: Run the below command in the terminal to update the repositories.

sudo apt update

Step 3: After updating the repositories, we will use the apt manager to install the VidCutter application on our system, just execute the below command in the terminal to install the application.

sudo apt install vidcutter

Step 4: To launch the application for usage, go to All Application and search for VidCutter, you will see the icon of the application as shown below screenshot, simply click on the icon to open the application for usage.

Method 3: Using Flatpak

Step 1: Contrary to Snap, Flatpak is not installed by default in Ubuntu, therefore we must manually install it. The commands to do that are listed below. 

sudo apt install flatpak -y

Step 2: Now, add the flatpak repo using the below command:

sudo flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Step 3: Execute the below command to install VidCutter using flatpak

flatpak install flathub com.ozmartians.VidCutter -y

Step 4: Now run the below command to open the VidCutter application for usage.

vidcutter

Updating VidCutter using Snap

To update the VidCutter application to its latest version, we can do that using snap manage. Just run the below command in the same terminal to update the VidCutter application.

sudo snap refresh vidcutter

Updating VidCutter using the apt manager

VidCutter application can also be updated to its latest version by updating the repositories. Execute the below command to update the VidCutter.

sudo apt update

Updating VidCutter using Flatpak

The next method for updating the VidCutter application is to update it through VidCutter. Execute the below command to update the VidCutter application using flatpak.

flatpak update

Removing VidCutter Repository 

After usage for VidCutter, it is preferable to remove the application and free up the memory, so VidCutter can be removed using removing the VidCutter repository.

sudo add-apt-repository –remove ppa:ozmartian/apps

Removing VidCutter using snap

The snap manager can be useful to remove the VidCutter application after usage. Execute the below command to remove the application.

sudo snap remove vidcutter

Removing VidCutter using the apt manager

VidCutter can also be removed using the inbuilt apt manager. Execute the below command to remove the VidCutter application using apt manager.

sudo apt remove vidcutter

Removing VidCutter using flatpak

We can remove the VidCutter application using flatpak. Run the below command in the terminal to remove the application using flatpak.

flatpak uninstall –delete-data com.ozmartians.VidCutter

Conclusion

VidCutter is a useful video cutting and trimming tool, it’s a simple to use and user-friendly GUI interface. With its support for a variety of video formats, it can be a great tool for quickly editing and trimming your videos. We have installed the application using all possible 3 different methods. Along with the installation, we have gone through the steps of updating and removing the application through various package managers.