Install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu Linux Systems. MKVToolNix is a popular tool for manipulating Matroska MKV multimedia files. Terminal commands to download and install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu Derivatives. MKVToolNix tool can easily edit MKV video files. It can perform all the basic and advance file operations such as to split files, merge files, correct files, edit sound tracks, insert effects and sync audio with video. Not only this, the MKVToolNix tool comes with the following in-built command-line tools:
mkvmerge : Used for creating Matroska files from other formats
mkvinfo : Used to get information about the Matroska file
mkvextract : Extracts tracks from Matroska files to all other formats
MKVToolNix 8.8.0 is the latest version of the MKVToolNix tool. MKVToolNix 8.8.0 can be easily installed on Ubuntu Systems – on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu Derivatives. Run the following commands in Terminal to install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu Systems:
Install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu 15.10
$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/wily/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu 15.04
$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/vivid/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Install MKVToolNix 8.8.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint Systems
$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/trusty/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Once installed, open the MKVToolNix 8.8.0 from Ubuntu Dash or Menu.
If you want to uninstall and remove the MKVToolNix 8.8.0 from Ubuntu Systems, run the command:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui