As you may know, MKVToolNix is a Matroska (mkv) multimedia manipulation tool pack. You can edit mkv video files, split files, sync audio with video.
It contains the following command-line tools:
- mkvmerge – a tool for creating Matroska files from other formats
- mkvinfo – a tool that the users to get information about the tracks in a Matroska file
- mkvextract – a tool that extracts tracks from Matroska files to other formats
The latest version available is MKVToolNix 8.0.0, which has been recently released, bringing a huge list of changes.
Installation instructions:
The installation instructions are very straight-forward, because the latest MKVToolNix builds are available via repository for Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems.
How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 15.04 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/vivid/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 14.10 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/utopic/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint 6, Peppermint 5, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2 and derivative 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
Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
How to install MKVToolNix on Debian 8 Jessie and derivative 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/debian/jessie/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
How to install MKVToolNix on Debian 7 Wheezy and derivative 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/debian/jessie/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui