How to install libdvdcss.so.2 (Library) to Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I want to make a copy of a DVD with Brasero. But it asks for libdvdcss.so.2.

I already did what was suggested at How should I install libdvdcss.so.2 (Library) to Ubuntu 16.04

But it didn't work.

jschnasse · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-06T07:33:07.460

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This worked for me

Try (this may not be needed for Ubuntu 20.04)

    sudo apt install libdvdread4

Do

    sudo apt install libdvdnav4 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libdvd-pkg
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg 
    sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

After that I was able to copy the DVD with brasero.

edited Oct 06 '20 at 07:33

answered Jul 07 '18 at 13:43

jschnasse

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Ubuntu requires the additional command sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg after the first command above. – Chris Jenks Aug 13 '18 at 20:07
On Focal 20.04 it's libdvdread7 now. – Tully Dec 12 '20 at 20:27
libdvdread4 (or 7 on Focal) is not enough. The package libdvd-pkg (it's included also in the first line under Do above, so the commands under Do work. – OndroMih Dec 25 '20 at 21:20

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '20 at 15:03

For Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt install libdvdnav4 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libdvd-pkg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

To do the above without user interaction, add -y after each apt install and --frontend=noninteractive after pkg-reconfigure.

Note libdvdread4 is unavailable in Ubuntu 20.04, but seems unneeded.

How to install libdvdcss.so.2 (Library) to Ubuntu 18.04

2 Answers2

For Ubuntu 20.04