If double-clicking the icon in your file manager does not launch Shotcut, open Shotcut.app, and try double-clicking the shotcut shell script. You can drag the Shotcut folder to copy and move it wherever you want. You might want to put the following into ~/. Linux portable tar users: No install required, simply extract the archive and run it. Under Build Environment, add or edit the key/value pairs:.In the Shotcut project configuration screen find Build Settings.In Qt Creator open $HOME/Projects/Shotcut/src/shotcut/CMakeLists.txt.Create a symbolic link $HOME/Projects/Shotcut.app pointing to $HOME/Projects/Shotcut.Edit the includedir and libdir keys in the mltframework-7.pc and mlt++-7.pc files in $HOME/Projects/Shotcut/Contents/Frameworks/lib/pkgconfig to have the proper prefix: $HOME/Projects/Shotcut/Contents/Frameworks/ (you need to expand $HOME yourself).
See the guix shell documentation for more information. You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. Or install the latest version: guix install shotcut.
