Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Curlew is an open-source multimedia converter written in python and GTK, using ffmpeg, avconv and mencoder in the background. Among others, it has support for more than 100 formats, enabling the users to convert only portions of files, combine subtitles with video files, remove file during convertion process and preview files before conversion.
The latest version available is Curlew 0.1.22.3, which has been recently released, coming with small changes only. For information about this release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Curlew 0.1.22.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu 14.04 derivative systems.
Installing Curlew 0.1.22.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 and derivatives is easy. All you have to do is download the package from sourceforge and install it via command-line. I prefer gdebi over dpkg, due to the fact that it also handles dependencies.
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/curlew/files/curlew-0.1.22.3/curlew_0.1.22.3ubuntu14.04_all.deb
$ sudo gdebi curlew_0.1.22.3ubuntu14.04_all.deb
Optional, to remove curlew, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove curlew