How to Install Cinelerra on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy

In the last three weeks I have received 8 requests on how to install Cinelerra on Ubuntu (Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon to be exact). So, this is how to correctly install Cinelerra on Ubuntu and add a little more memory for it to run in the kernel.

System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager:
Settings>Repositories>Third-Party Software Tab:

Click the Add button and add this repository:

deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32 ./

Close, Reload the search “Cinelerra”. Mark for install & hit Apply (to install). When that is done just close out of Synaptic.

Now open terminal and type (I use ee to edit but you can also use gedit):

sudo ee /etc/sysctl.conf

And add this line to the bottom of the file (this adds the extra memory for Cinelerra to run properly):

kernel/shmmax=0x7fffffff

Now save and close and run this command (instead of rebooting):

sudo sysctl -p

Now go to Applications> Sound & Video>Cinelerra and get your editing on!

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17 Responses

idiotonuni

thank you! a while ago i found cinelerra on line and i tried to install it but i couldn’t get it running. now thanks to you its running great!

Peter V

idiotonuni,

I am glad to hear that this how-to helped you! Thanks for the response & Happy Holidays.

Matei Cornel

Great. A good repository even for amd64, changed to
deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu64 ./
A few weeks ago i found a different repository and tested on laptop Pentium 4, 32 bit, but i haved problems with dependencies.

Christian Bach

Thanks. :)

Works like a charm.

Hiram

Hi. I follow the steps. Everything is ok, but when i go to: Applications> Sound & Video>Cinelerra , nothing happens. Do you have any idea what is wrong? I’m using Ubuntu 7.10/Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic. The hardware have the requirements for Cinelerra. Thks.

Marcelo

Peter V thanks
Thanks to you was as easy install that neither wanted to believe.

hellesof

Thanks!! :D

Viliam

Sorry. My laptop is Acer Aspire 3103 WLMI, 1,5GB RAM, Ubuntu 7.10. Cinelerra is not working on my laptop. Error repot is
“cinelerra: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libguicast.so.1: undefined symbol: glDeleteShader”
What is it?
Thanks.

DaveG

YOU ROCK! Thank you; works great on Core Duo.

Photogopher

Just as Hiram described. I did everything as you have laid out and nothing happens when I try to launch.
I now have some intermittent crash problems with Firefox that I didn’t have before.
Any ideas here Peter?

I discovered a fix for this at another site;
Use Terminal to load this:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
That fixes it.

Harjusonni

Thanks Peter !
Good instructions for busy person and specially those tips regarding shared memory usage. I have Intel 6750 core duo processor and originally I tried to load that ubuntu64 package the same way with Synaptic but did not get it. It never show up in the package list like this ubuntu32 package did. I was able to browse that folder.
Any idea why ?
Thanks !

Dr. Giermann

In my case, disabling ATI prop. drivers via system setting>Advanced-Tab>restricted drivers and unchecking this box solved the problem. Looks like I was too greedy, no openGL AND restricted acceleration on the same system…
Now its really fast and amazing
Thanks for the effort of compiling this stuff, this always kept me from using this. (Not only greedy, but also lazy…)
Kai

fusionenvy

I have no response when I try and use Cinelerra. It seems to flash open a window then it is gone.

Any suggestions?

balticman

I had the same problem as fusionenvy. This thread

http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=538626

contains the reasons for this. More importantly there is a link to a version of Cinelerra that works perfectly on my Ubuntu Gutsy.

keesvanderpool

thanks Peter - worked fine even for a total noob

Hammad

It was not available in software list so i m installing it from terminal let see what happen

Peter Vatistas