Category: kdenlive

Install Dropbox, kdenlive video editor and recordMyDesktop in Ubuntu 16.04

Updated and tested 04/10/2021

  1. Installing Dropbox

sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

Now we can look in Ubuntu Software Center and looked at installed, selected Internet to see that Dropbox has been installed on today’s date. After you have logged on Dropbox you will see the Dropbox folder icon appear in the upper right hand corner of your desktop.

  1. Installing kdenlive video editor (lower case K)

sudo apt-get install kdenlive

Now we can look in Ubuntu Software Center and looked at installed, selected Sound & Video to see that Kdenlive has been installed on today’s date. Selecting kdenlive More info button you will see that many of the optional add-ons have also been installed that work with kdenlive.

You can find out more about kdenlive at their web site. https://kdenlive.org/

Be sure to check out their ToolBox for training videos on using kdenlive. https://kdenlive.org/toolbox/

  1. Installing “recordMyDesktop”

One of the problems I have is recording my desktop. After some searching I found and installed “recordMyDesktop”

To install using terminal run the following command:

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop  gtk-recordmydesktop

updated 04/10/2021

  1. Again run sudo apt-get update when you have completed all installs.