Packages provided with Linux distributions

Various Linux distributions provide PiTiVi in their repositories, but the version provided may be too old. For an optimal experience, make sure you are using PiTiVi 0.15.2 . Some of the distros providing PiTiVi are:

• Ubuntu and Debian: aptitude install pitivi (or simply click this link)
• Gentoo: emerge pitivi
• Fedora: yum install pitivi
• openSUSE: zypper in pitivi

Our Ubuntu PPA

An Ubuntu repository is maintained by our team to ease testing. To use it, add ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa to your system's Software Sources. You can also add it by running this command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Taking care of dependencies

Ubuntu users have a repository for testing PiTiVi on Launchpad. This might help you get the latest required GStreamer components.

On most Linux distributions, there are commands to install most (if not all) the required build dependencies automatically, thus saving you a lot of time.

• On Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions: apt-get build-dep pitivi
• On Fedora/Redhat-based systems: yum-builddep pitivi
• On openSUSE: zypper si pitivi

You will also need to install the runtime dependencies (which the commands above don't necessarily install). In addition to gcc and intltool, you will probably need to install gnome-doc-utils, pygoocanvas, python-zope-interface, gnonlin, libxml2, libtool, gtk-doc. On a Fedora/Redhat system, you can get a list of the package runtime dependencies by running yum deplist pitivi.

Getting the code

Tarballs of PiTiVi are available on GNOME FTP and mirrors.

Compiling

PiTiVi doesn't need to be compiled, but has to be configured all the same. So you have to go through the usual:

And optionally, to install it system-wide:

Since the switch to GES, building PiTiVi is a little bit different because you may also have to build GES (if your distro doesn't provide it for you). Take a look at the Pitivi GES build instructions.