How To Install dvdbackup on Debian 10

Learn how to install dvdbackup on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dvdbackup is tool to rip DVDs from the command line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvdbackup on Debian 10.

What is dvdbackup

dvdbackup is:

dvdbackup will extract all (or optionally only selected) titles as found on the dvd. It will structure the extracted files in a format suitable for burning at a later time with genisoimage and dvdrecord. Has the advantage of being very easy to use, small, and fast.

There are three methods to install dvdbackup on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dvdbackup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dvdbackup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dvdbackup

Install dvdbackup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dvdbackup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dvdbackup

Install dvdbackup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dvdbackup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dvdbackup

How To Uninstall dvdbackup on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dvdbackup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dvdbackup

Uninstall dvdbackup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dvdbackup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvdbackup

Remove dvdbackup Configurations and Data

To remove dvdbackup configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dvdbackup

Remove dvdbackup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dvdbackup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvdbackup

Dependencies

dvdbackup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvdbackup package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.