How to install VapourSynth editor on Ubuntu 18.04

To install VapourSynth editor on Ubuntu 18.04

VapourSynth is an application for video manipulation. It is also considered to be a plugin or a library. The core library is written in C++ and a python to allow video scripts to be created. It is multi-threaded, contains per frame properties and also supports various format changes. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of VapourSynth on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Add the repository of VapourSynth using PPA

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/vapoursynth
 AviSynth-like Python-based frameserver. Inofficial PPA.

Official homepage: http://www.vapoursynth.com/
Source repository: https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth
Inofficial plugins collection: https://github.com/darealshinji/vapoursynth-plugins
Support: http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=82

This repository includes mpv (an mplayer2 fork) with VapourSynth support enabled.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~djcj/+archive/ubuntu/vapoursynth
Press \[ENTER\] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
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Install the VapourSynth package using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install vapoursynth-editor -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Setting up libavcodec57:amd64 (7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Setting up libqt5svg5:amd64 (5.9.5-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libchromaprint1:amd64 (1.4.3-1) ...
Setting up vapoursynth-editor (18-1~bionic4) ...
Setting up libavformat57:amd64 (7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Setting up vapoursynth-python3 (44-2~bionic) ...
Setting up libvapoursynth-script0 (44-2~bionic) ...
Setting up libvapoursynth (44-2~bionic) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the VapourSynth from the Menu as shown here

VapourSynth application

The version of VapourSynth can be found in Help-> About

With this, the method to install VapourSynth on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.