How to install VapourSynth editor on Ubuntu 17.04

To install VapourSynth editor on Ubuntu 17.04

VapourSynth is an application for video manipulation. It is also considered to be a plugin or a library. The core library is written in C++ and a python to allow video scripts to be created. It is multi-threaded, contains per frame properties and also supports various format changes. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of VapourSynth editor on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, add the required repo by executing the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/hybrid
 Hybrid is a multi platform (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows) Qt based frontend for a bunch of other tools which can convert nearly every input to x264/x265/Xvid/VP9/... + ac3/ogg/mp3/aac/flac inside an mp4/m2ts/mkv/webm/mov/avi container, a Blu-ray or an AVCHD structure.

http://www.selur.de/
https://forum.selur.net/Thread-GUIDE-Ubuntu-repository-maintained-by-djcj
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~djcj/+archive/ubuntu/hybrid
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmpnisvowrc/pubring.gpg'  created

gpg: /tmp/tmpnisvowrc/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 24A5F4FED4B4972B: public key " Launchpad PPA for djcj"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the system. Next update the system by running the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]    
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease               
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                     
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu zesty InRelease   
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease        
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [4,472 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [3,644 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [3,160 B]
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Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [3,160 B]
Fetched 26.6 kB in 5s (4,849 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Now install the VapourSynth application by executing the following command and press y to continue with the installation process.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install vapoursynth-editor -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libgif7 liblept5 libtesseract-data libtesseract3 libvapoursynth
  libvapoursynth-script0 libzimg2 vapoursynth-python3
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgif7 liblept5 libtesseract-data libtesseract3 libvapoursynth
  libvapoursynth-script0 libzimg2 vapoursynth-editor vapoursynth-python3
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 285 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,384 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,744 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libzimg2 amd64 2.5.1-1~zesty [172 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libgif7 amd64 5.1.4-0.4 [30.6 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 vapoursynth-python3 amd64 38-1~zesty [230 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libvapoursynth-script0 amd64 38-1~zesty [5,150 B]
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Setting up libtesseract3 (3.04.01-6) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up vapoursynth-python3 (38-1~zesty) ...
Setting up libvapoursynth-script0 (38-1~zesty) ...
Setting up libvapoursynth (38-1~zesty) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

The VapourSynth application is installed successfully in the system. To run the application, type the application name in the ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.

The VapourSynth application is running successfully.

Thus concludes the installation procedure of VapourSynth in Ubuntu 17.04.