Hi all
When installing Kdenlive on a Linux computer,
are there advantages and disadvantages in choosing AppImage vs Flatpak?
Thank you
Flatpak runs in a sandboxed environment and may cause issues when trying to work with other programs from within Kdenlive, like Glaxnimate or Audacity. On Fedora there are several reports that Kdenlive doesn’t even start because Fedora does its own packaging. The Flatpak version also is depending on or influenced by other installed system libraries.
Flatpak version is updated through your DE’s software manager / app store (unless done manually, of course).
The appimage has everything it needs “in its belly”, from MLT to ffmpeg and then some. On my system it’s the only one where the integration with Glaxnimate works as it should with the timeline showing as the background in Glaxnimate.
The good thing with the appimage is also that you can have as many of them as you want/need. The only caveat is that .kdenlive project files are not backwards compatible - but that applies to using them in the Flatpak version as well.
You need to check for updates yourself, download them, and make them executable.
Just my $0.02
Thank you very much berndmj.
So I will use AppImage, you helped me choose.
BTW, If someone uses Linux Mint’s “Software Manager”,
does this mean that everything there is Flatpak?