Get Cinelerra

Live CDs | Packages | Source code

Live CDs

You can try Cinelerra out without modifying your computer, thanks to Live DVDs that contain Cinelerra.
You just need to download the .iso file, burn it on a DVD, inser it in the drive and restart your machine.

• dyne:bolic - for multimedia production -uses Window Maker window manager
• AVLinux - based on Debian, with LXDE - contains Cinelerra 2.1.5 CV
• ArtistX - based on Ubuntu 10.04, Gnome or KDE, for multimedia
• Venenux 0.8 RC2 - Debian based - (note: version EC 0.8.2 has not CinelerraCV in it)
• Elive - debian based live CD using Enlightenment window manager
• Musix (2009) - Knoppix based - for audio production, graphic design and video editing
• openArtist (2009) - based on Ubuntu Hardy, for artists
• pho (garbure) (2004) - dedicated to video editing

Packages

Arch Linux | Ark Linux | Debian | Fedora | Gentoo | Mandriva | Slackware | Suse | Ubuntu

More detailed instructions for every distrubution can be found in the Manual.

Arch Linux

Cinelerra CV is included in the Arch Linux community repository. To install the "cinelerra" package enable the community repository first (See the User Guidelines for more info), then run the following command from the command line:
pacman -Sy cinelerra-cv

Ark Linux

Cinelerra CV is included in the Ark Linux package repository. Install the "cinelerra" package using the "Install Software" tool in Mission Control, or run the following commands from a command line:
apt-get update
apt-get install cinelerra .

Debian

Both CinelerraCV 2.1.0 and CinelerraHV 4.2 packages are available from Debian-multimedia.
Older packages are available too. See the old packages page.

Gentoo

Installation for Gentoo GNU/Linux is very straight forward. Simply type:
emerge cinelerra
as root and it should install and run without any problems.
Note that you may need to put cinelerra in your `/etc/portage/package.keywords' file in order to unmask it:
echo "media-video/cinelerra ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
See the Handbook for details.
More informations can be found in the Manual.

Fedora

Cinelerra is not available in the default Fedora repositories, nor in the RPM Fusion and Livna repositories.
The ATrpms repository offers Cinelerra packages

If you want to compile CinelerraCV from source you can find detailed instructions on Crazed Mule's blog:

• for Fedora 15, x86-64
• for Fedora 12, x86-64

Older packages are available. See the old packages page.

Mandriva

Cinelerra packages for Mandriva made by PLF are ready to install. See the PLF site for more information.

Slackware

You can find Cinelerra packages in the multimedia section of the Slacky.eu repository.

Suse

RPMs for openSUSE are in the Packman repositories.
You can install directly with Yast if you have Packman configured as a Yast install source.

Ubuntu

Latest Cinelerra CV 2.2 for Ubuntu (from 8.04 Hardy Heron to the current beta release) is available from a Launchpad repo maintained by Nicola Ferralis

https://launchpad.net/~cinelerra-ppa

To add the Cinelerra PPA to your source list follow the instructions on the Launchpad page.

Once the the PPA has been enabled you can install the package with the command:

sudo apt-get install cinelerra-cv

Older packages are available too. See the old packages page.

If you want to compile CinelerraCV from source you can find detailed instructions on the Cinelerra for Grandma tutorial.