Short note on adding the Kdenlive official release repository in order to get a more up to date Kdenlive in Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu.

Install latest Kdenlive

Add the release repository

If you’re looking for a repos for the latest Kdenlive, non-linear video editor, for Ubuntu (or variants like Kubunut, Xubuntu, etc.) then you can use their official ppa. Open a console (command line; eg Konsole, xterm, gnome-console) and type this:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release

You’ll get a little cryptic message like:

Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80/ –recv 6976C1CEB06586061C2C0472B5115B98AA836CA8
gpg: requesting key AA836CA8 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key AA836CA8: “Launchpad PPA for C.A.B/sunab” not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1

Then use your package manager as normal to update the package list and then install the latest version. Kdenlive 0.8 is the latest at the time of writing.