How To Install libdvdread4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdvdread4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdvdread4
libdvdread4 is:
libdvdread provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It parses IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and descrambling.
libdvdread probes for libdvdcss at runtime and if found, will use it to decrypt sections of the DVD as necessary. libdvdcss needs to be installed from third-party repositories (see README.css), it’s not included in Debian.
There are three methods to install libdvdread4
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdvdread4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdvdread4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdvdread4
Install libdvdread4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdvdread4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdvdread4
Install libdvdread4 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdvdread4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdvdread4
How To Uninstall libdvdread4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdvdread4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdvdread4
Uninstall libdvdread4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdvdread4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdvdread4
Remove libdvdread4 Configurations and Data
To remove libdvdread4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdvdread4
Remove libdvdread4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdvdread4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdvdread4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdvdread4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.