Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Avidemux is an open-source, multi-platform tool for video editing, written in C++ and using Qt for its GUI. It allows the user to cut, filter and encode videos easily, having support for the most popular file types, including: AVI, DVD, MPEG, MP4 and others. The latest version available is Avidemux 2.6.8.1, which has been recently released. For information about this release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Avidemux 2.6.8.1 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Avidemux 2.6.8.1 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the avidemux2.6 package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/avidemux+unofficial
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6