how to get libdvdcss and w32codecs through apt

Paul Hoy paul.hoy at mac.com
Sun Oct 15 04:31:04 UTC 2006


Alternatively, you can run automatix or automatix2, which will  
install the codex (and other programs) for you.

http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation&Itemid=38


On Oct 15, 2006, at 12:19 AM, Dave Sullivan wrote:

> Technically, if you're running Ubuntu, you shouldn't be using Debian
> repositories. Debian and Ubuntu, while similar, are two quite  
> different
> distros, and mixing packages can break your system/package manager.
>
> This [1] is a good page for multimedia type stuff, and this [2] is a
> good resource for Ubuntu repository information. In general, the
> community documentation [3] and Ubuntu Document Storage Facility  
> [4] are
> excellent resources for things like this.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories
> [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community
> [4] http://doc.gwos.org/
>
> On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 00:08 -0400, Andrey Vul wrote:
>> Which entries should I add to /etc/apt/sources.list to get the  
>> mplayer
>> componenets (and to get mplayer source)?
>> Furthermore, how do you force apt to use the other repository?
>> I don't want to use sarge/etch/sid repository unless needed
>> (debian-multimedia.org is only compatible with sarge, etch, or sid)
>> Is it OK to get the non-US packages (and mplayer ;-) ) from the
>> (sarge/etch/sid) repository and which repository is compatible with
>> kubuntu 6.06?
>>
>
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