How to install ClipGrab in Linux

To install ClipGrab in Linux

ClipGrab is an application to download videos from many videos and convert it. It can be used in all platforms. Installation of ClipGrab in Linux is explained in this article.

Download the repository before installing the clipgrab.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa
 This PPA contains the latest stable version of ClipGrab for LTS releases. For other versions see < http://www.getdeb.net/app/ClipGrab> 

Requires ffmpeg. As Ubuntu 14.04 dropped ffmpeg, a symlink from /usr/bin/avconv to /usr/bin/ffmpeg will be created as a temporary workaround.

Installation instructions for the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clipgrab

Alternatively you can add ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa to your system' s Software Sources in the Ubuntu Software-Center.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~clipgrab-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
 
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvik29t4l/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvik29t4l/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 8EEBB0CA from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpvik29t4l/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 8EEBB0CA: public key " Launchpad ClipGrab PPA"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Update the system by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/clipgrab-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease       
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease              
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done                   

Install the clipgrab by using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install clipgrab
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  ffmpeg i965-va-driver libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec-extra
  libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5
  libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0
  libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcrystalhd3 libdc1394-22 libflite1 libgme0 libgsm1
  libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libopencore-amrnb0
.
.
.
Setting up vdpau-va-driver:amd64 (0.7.4-5) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libavcodec-extra (7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up clipgrab (3.6.1~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Now open the clipgrab

Lists the available videos and choose the video to be downloaded.
Now choose the format, quality, and finally click the button Grab this clip.

Choose the destination path.

Downloading process completed