The main way to install CINELERRA-GG is to use the AppImage. This is updated regularly and works for every distro, since it already contains the necessary dependencies. A big advantage of using the AppImage format is that it is only 1/3 the size of the normal install, and since each release is named differently, you can keep a number of versions in a directory, and when testing from a terminal you just have to type CinGG, then hit tab, and complete it to the desired date release.
For 64-bit systems you can choose between an image with up-to-date libraries or one that supports older libraries, which you should use only if the first image gives you problems with unsupported libs. There is also a 32-bit older distro available that has i686 as part of the filename and a 8/10/12 bit newer distro that handles 8 or 10 or 12 bits that has multibit as part of the filename. Installing the appimage is simple:
Download the file from:
https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/images/
Some example file names are as follows - where 8 digits represent yyyymmdd:
CinGG-20210731-x86_64.AppImage (currently based on Fedora Core 32, libc version 2.31) CinGG-20210731-x86_64-older-distros.AppImage (currently based on Ubuntu 16.04, libc version 2.23) CinGG-20210731-i686.AppImage (currently based on Debian 9, linux kernel 4.9) CinGG-20210731-x86_64-multibit.AppImage (currently based on Fedora Core 32, libc version 2.31) |
Make the file executable with the proper execute permissions either from the GUI of the Desktop Environment used (link to the file) or from a terminal window. Make sure you are already in the directory containing the appimage:
$ chmod u+x CinGG-yyyymmdd.AppImage |
Finally start the program from a window in the directory where the image is stored:
$ ./CinGG-yyyymmdd.AppImpage |
or create a convenient desktop icon with a link to the run action, or do a Desktop Integration manually or with external programs. There is a description of a GUI methodology for doing so in this file on the webiste:
https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/images/README_appimage.txt
Most distros already have the libraries to run the appimage, but if not you may need an additional installation. For example Arch Linux needs the libappimage package.
sudo pacman -S libappimage |
And Leap 15.3 (OpenSUSE) requires installation of the appimage package.
sudo zypper se -is appimage |
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