openshot-qt command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix openshot-qt command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

openshot-qt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: openshot-qt: command not found

Solutions to openshot-qt: command not found

How To Fix openshot-qt: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu openshot-qt is provided by openshot-qt package.

openshot-qt is:

OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source, non-linear video editor. It can create and edit videos and movies using many popular video, audio, and image formats. Create videos for YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Metacafe, iPod, Xbox, and many more common formats!

Features include:

  • Multiple tracks (layers)
  • Compositing, image overlays, and watermarks
  • Support for image sequences (rotoscoping)
  • Key-frame animation
  • Video and audio effects (chroma-key)
  • Transitions (lumas and masks)
  • 3D animation (titles and physics simulations)
  • Chroma key (green screen & blue screen)
  • Transcode (convert video encodings)
  • Upload videos (YouTube and Vimeo supported)

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install openshot-qt

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install openshot-qt.

sudo apt -y install openshot-qt

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install openshot-qt

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix openshot-qt command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.