can't find program

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When I try to run the burn program brasero, I get a prompt to download a missing program: libdvdcss.so.2 (library). Where do I go to get it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

You can find this out with:
dpkg -S filename

In this case I ran:
andy@D420:~$ dpkg -S libdvdcss.so.2
libdvdcss2: /usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2
libdvdcss2: /usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2.1.0

Cool huh...

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Grace (grace-m-oribhabor) said :
#2

Forgive me, but I am struggling to reach Novice stage here. Is the in any english? Lets try this again. are these links NOW on my computer since am am using ubuntu? or do I need to go to the web to get them? Is there a link I can click on to find them?

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François Tissandier (baloo) said :
#3

It's not going to work anyway, as you need to add a new source of software for DVDs.
There are some patents on DVDs, so ubuntu doesn't include all the softwares necessary to read them, as it would be forbidden in some countries...

To add this source, open "Synaptic" in the "System>Admin" menu
Then in the menu "Configuration", open "Repositories" (that's where the softwares are installed from).

Then in the second tab, click on "add", and copy paste this:
"deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free"

Validate, then click on "Refresh" in the Synaptic window, it will update the list of available softwares. Ignore the error message, close Synaptic

Open the menu "Applications", then "Software center" at the bottom.
Search for libdvdcss2, it should appear at the bottom of the results. Install it, and that's it, Brasero can work with DVDs, and you have now more softwares that you can install ;)

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François Tissandier (baloo) said :
#4

Oups, in fact I'm forgetting one step before the "Software center" step.

Click on Applications > Accessories > Terminal
In the terminal, copy paste this:

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

(the full line, including the minus at the end)

Press enter, enter your password, it will import a key used to make sure that the software you are installing on the computer is safe.

Then you can open the Software Center and install the libdvdcss2 without problem.
Sorry about this missing instruction.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

If you simply run this big command it will add the repo for you, no messing with software centre, or wget or nothing:

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update; sudo apt-get install -y libdvdcss2 ubuntu-restricted-extras

Source:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Take the easy road kid. I added some nice codecs on there to help too :)

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