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where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 15:04
by nargos
Hi
I am brand new to Linux and Ubuntu. I downloaded VLC via the Synaptic Package Manger last night but could not find libdvdcss. Now I can not even find VLC and I for oblivious reasons can not play dvd's. Can anyone point me in the right direction on what to do next.
thanks.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 23:12
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Add it from universe
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 23:41
by nargos
I have already enabled universe. I have searched again for this file but even when I search for it directly I can not find it. I did find a bunch of other stuff but not this file. Is it just me or does the Synaptic Package Manger seem relay hit and miss?
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:35
by Arite
Try libdvdcss2 instead.
However according to here for Ubuntu 8.10 you just install libdvdread3 (not sure that is right though
):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Restr ... layingDVDs
If that doesn't work add the
MediBuntu repository then you can do a:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
And that should work.
Arite.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 00:04
by nargos
Chears for the response.
I have checked and I already have libdvdread3 already installed so the problem is not there. I tryed to add the MediBuntu repository but unfortunately the program refused to let me add it.
Why is this so involved in Linux? I used to run this laptop with XP and VLC. I had no problems with DVD playback on that.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 00:36
by Arite
Just do it via the commanline. Open up Terminal and enter the appropriate commandline as found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medib ... positories
Then in Terminal enter:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
Arite.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 21:25
by nargos
Ok I tryed doing it via the command line and it just said that the package was missing. Any ideas?
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 00:11
by Arite
As I said before enter the appropiate commandline to add the Mediabuntu repository.
So if you are running Interpid run:
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sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
That will add the Mediabuntu repository to sources.list.
Then try:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
You can see libdvdcss2 is there here:
http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/libdvdcss2.html
Arite.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 22 Feb 2009 18:16
by shadanan
You can get it from the ubuntu-restricted-extras:
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sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
You might have to enable universe to get it.
Re: where do i find libdvdcss?
Posted: 24 Feb 2009 13:57
by abrombo
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