Dear all,

I'm trying to install Kdenlive under LinuxMint 12 but I got an error when I try to run it.
I'm a newbie of Linux and I have some diffulties to understand what to do to fix it.
The alert says The alert says FATAL ERROR MLT's SDL module not found.

I've check with software manager using mlt* and there are a lot of files with that name inside.

I've now downloaded mlt framework mlt-0.7.6.tar.gz and unzipped under /opt but now I don't know what to do.

I would like to have a "idiot proof" guide for an absolute beginner.
Why do not include these stuff into Kdenlive or have something that search and install it by itself.
I like use software like your but not to write command lines.
I'm trying to move from W$ and it's hard to me understand that for installing a SW I'm loosing hours.

I've also installed OpenShot that I read somewhere uses the same MLT stuff. Why it starts without problems ? For me these are frustrating things and time loosing activities.

Please help me
Bye
Giovanni

What version of kdenlive are you trying to install?

You could try sunabs release PPA by adding the repository through Synaptic.

I'd steer well clear of downloading seperate libraries to try and fix this and stick with Synaptic and use sunabs release. Otherwise you' could end up with a bigger mess of incompatible library versions.

There are a number of threads on the forum here about how to go about eveything you ask.

I suggest you both use sunab's repository for Kdenlive and MLT, rather than trying to download and install everything separately.

The following steps ran in the terminal should get you up and running:

1. Remove current install of Kdenlive and the software that was installed along with it
sudo apt-get autoremove kdenlive

2. add sunabs repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release

3. download new repository information
sudo apt-get update

4. install kdenlive
sudo apt-get install kdenlive


That's it, everything required should now be downloaded and installed. I am not sure if your manual extraction of MLT will cause an issue, maybe that should be deleted separately.....

Cheers

Martin

you still have the kdenlive-data package. Remove it:
sudo apt-get remove kdenlive*
then repeat the install command

I don't understand this, I was playing with Mint a few weeks ago and installed Kdenlive in the exact same way I did in Ubuntu, it worked fine.

The only difference I suppose is that I don't use the release version, I use svn, so maybe something has been fixed?!

Try the svn repository instead:

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

@jojo:

Ok, then the first step is to get MLT working. Maye sure to remove all installed Kdenlive & MLT packages from your package manager:

sudo apt-get remove melt
sudo apt-get remove libmlt*
sudo apt-get remove kdenlive*

Then, check if some manual install of MLT is still here:

ls -la /usr/local/lib/libmlt*
ls -la /usr/lib/libmlt*

ls -la /usr/local/lib/mlt
ls -la /usr/lib/mlt

If you see something, delete it. Unless you are an experienced Linux user, I don't recommand compiling MLT & Kdenlive.

I would recommand using the Sunab experimental svn:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-svn

Then:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive

This should give you the latest MLT & Kdenlive versions.

In a terminal, try this:

melt -color:red

Should bring up a pal sized red window.

Then try starting Kdenlive