Terminal Sudo Password Issue

[Superchiken]

This may be the wrong forum, and I may be asking something that has already been asked, but I'm so confused right now. I used the Ubuntu Software Center to try and download Open Movie Editor, and it downloads almost instantly, completing in under a few seconds. After that, I try and run it in the menu, and you can see the beginnings of the corner of a window appear and immediately disappear, without the program ever actually opening. So, I uninstalled it, reinstalled it, yada yada yada, and the same issue.

This got me thinking, suppose a manual install would work better than through the Software Center? So, I downloaded the *.tar.gz file from the website, and began to attempt to install it. The moment I get to the step that requires

sudo ./configure
sudo make

I get stuck. The next message is

[sudo] password for <username>:

I know what to do here. Enter my password which I predetermined at the installation of Ubuntu. And so, I begin to type the first letter of the password, and then...

*GASP*

Nothing happens. The same goes for typing any and all characters. The cursor doesn't move, the letters don't appear, nothing happens at all. Am I doing something wrong here, do I need to determine something else to get it to work? I need this video software pretty badly, and it won't run otherwise. Thanks in advance.

[hugortega]

When you use sudo there is no echo on the terminal, and that behavior is normal... you need to type and then hit enter key.

BTW, it is not necessary to run the configure script with sudo, even the make command can be done with your user... only the installation needs a sudo execution (unless you change the default target)

[coopstah13]

i'd recommend against installing from source unless you know what you are doing

probably you should try to run the program from a terminal and see if any error is shown which we can diagnose

[reed9]

Try installing it through the package manager.

sudo apt-get install openmovieeditor