I couldn't get the dvd player that came with Ubuntu to work, so I installed Kaffeine, but I'm still having a problem (I'm not sure, but I think the problem with both Kaffeine and Totem are the same).

I downloaded libdvdcss, and followed the instructions, but after running ./configure --prefix=/usr it gave me this--

I looked at config.log, but I have no idea what any of it meant. I'd post it here, but it's really long, so let me know if I need to copy-paste that.

Thanks in advance.

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Why are you trying to compile it? It would be much better if you just got it through the repo's via Synaptic/apt-get, or downloaded the .deb.

I'm not sure now, but if you set up the correct repo's, isn't it available through Synaptic/apt-get? (Multimedia repo's)

You can download the .deb here, http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/deb/
it's just a matter of installing it then. But by far the best way is to do it via Synaptic/apt-get. I'm not on Ubuntu at the moment so I can't check.

[edit]libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb is the one you want, not the -dev one

[edit 2]Go here and follow the instructions to set up your multimedia repo's for Ubuntu, once you've done that, you'll be able to install dvdcss with a couple of clicks, and everything is done for you
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Remember, installing software via Synaptic/apt-get/Ubuntu repo's, is by far the easiest way to do it. Generally speaking, everything is done for you, dependencies are taken care of, everything. It's a no brainer.

Compiling from source isn't really that hard, but you must learn to do it, and how to deal with the little problems that may pop up, it is a good learning experience though. You might only want to try it when it is absolutely necessary, for example there is something you need, which isn't available via Synaptic/apt-get, the repo's, or pre-compiled binary, or if you have a test machine

Anyway, good luck.

Well, when I try that deb file, I get an error that it's the wrong architecture. Is there one of those for amd64?

I'm not understanding the medibuntu page at all. Like, in the "installing individual package" section, it directs to a page where there are a lot of .deb packages, and I don't know which one to install. Does that make any sense? The directions just don't match what's on my screen. I tried browsing around in those folders, but there are so many deb packages that I don't know which one to use.

[Edit] First off, are you using ubuntu 7.04? I was just assuming you were using the latest, but I just read your sig.

Ah, sorry, I don't even think of 64.

What you have got to do is set up your repositories to use with Synaptic or apt-get or whatever. You do use Synaptic don't you? It's basically a nice easy to use front end for apt.

All you would have to do, is open a terminal/konsole, whatever you like to call it, and type in the following, just copy and paste it out of the code boxes is fine

If you use Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04
If you use Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10
hit enter, then type in the following, regardless of what version Ubuntu you use

hit enter, now you will have the Mediabuntu sources set up, all that is left to do is install libdvdcss2, you can do that either via the console by typing in the following,

hit enter, and just sit back and wait until it's done. Or you can do it via Synaptic, just fire up Synaptic, it's a good idea to reload the sources/repositories list, just hit the reload (whatever it's called) button, then in the search field, just type in libdvdcss, or just dvdcss, hit enter, then select it once it is found, mark it for installation, hit apply, sit back, it will download and install it for you. That should be it.

One question, are you familiar with setting up your sources/Repositories for installing extra software and updates? and using Synaptic?

You want libdvdcss2 from the medibuntu repos. It works with amd64. You'll also probably want w64codecs as well.

If you don't want to add the repo, you can always just download the .deb from http://packages.medibuntu.org.

Ah, great, I got it working, thanks to those commands you listed. I can't get menus, but that doesn't really matter to me.

Yes, I'm using 7.04 instead of 7.10. I saw 7.10 when I downloaded it, but since it was still beta I figured it'd be better for me to use 7.04 since I'm so unfamiliar with it.

Well, I've used Synaptic with SimplyMEPIS before I switched to Ubuntu, but as for setting up sources/Repositories, nope I don't think I've done that. I suppose it's possible that I've done that without knowing what I was doing, but it doesn't sound familiar.

Anyway, thanks for helping me getting it to work!

You should really make sure you set up your repositories, then install Synaptic, (can't remember, but it might not be installed by default) then you will have available to you so much software in so many categories, it's just awesome. Even after using Linux for a couple of years, I'm still amazed by the amount of stuff you can get.

At the very least, install Synaptic if it is not already, you can do this via typing the following in a terminal/console

Then fire it up, and look through the menu's for 'Manage Repositories' (I think it is), go in, enable all the available repo's, then when you exit the Manage repo's thing, reload the sources/repo's list, this makes sure it is up to date, and is a good thing to do daily. Then, enjoy.

Glad you got it going, and glad I could be of some help.





oh, and if you get the chance, try Ubuntu 7.10, it's real nice.

Synaptic is installed by default on Ubuntu. Adding repositories within Synaptic adds them to your sources.list file, so you really don't need to add the repos first.

Ubuntu 7.10 is no longer in beta by the way.

That's good to know, I'll update when I have the time.

I always forget that Synaptic is there, mostly because I'm not fully aware of what it's capable of. Thanks again for all the help!