How To Install vobcopy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vobcopy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vobcopy
vobcopy is:
Copies DVD .vob files to harddisk and merges them into file(s) with the name extracted from the DVD. Checks for sufficient free space on the destination drive and compares the copied size to the size on DVD in case something went wrong.
Can also mirror the DVD movie content and copy single specified files.
There are three methods to install vobcopy 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 vobcopy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vobcopy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vobcopy
Install vobcopy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vobcopy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vobcopy
Install vobcopy 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 vobcopy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vobcopy
How To Uninstall vobcopy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vobcopy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vobcopy
Uninstall vobcopy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vobcopy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vobcopy
Remove vobcopy Configurations and Data
To remove vobcopy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vobcopy
Remove vobcopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vobcopy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vobcopy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vobcopy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
