another interesting video problem VLC won't play dvd

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

To finish, I typed

sudo apt-get install build-essential



then it said  E Couldn't find package build.

Everything else seemed normal.  I have not tried to run a dvd yet.


On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I used the first of those links.  E: Couldn't find package build.  After I
> typed
>
> sudo apt-get install build-essential
>
>
>
>
> some installations were performed, at the end of which is stated:
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 11:17 -0400, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> > I've run across several dvd's that do not work in VLC and Totem.
>> > Error message from Totem is 'are you trying to run dvd without
>> > libdvdcss?'   Do I need to download this and if so would you suggest a
>> > site?   I found many versions on /linux.softpedia.com.  Some are
>> > debian, others redhat and the other labeled sources mirror one.  What
>> > should I do?
>> >
>> > Here's the link:
>> > http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/libdvdcss-Download-165.html
>>
>> Follow the instructions here
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>>
>> or, alternatively, these
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#head-57a5050d451985de1b87ea87a3ccc1a4895e57d3
>>
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