How To Install acidrip on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acidrip on Ubuntu 20.04. acidrip is ripping and encoding DVD tool using mplayer and mencoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acidrip on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is acidrip

acidrip is:

A DVD ripper and encoder, with a simple interface, based on MPlayer and MEncoder.

Also provides advanced features and automates the process in a number of ways:

  • Parses DVD into contents tree
  • Finds longest title
  • Calculates video bitrate for given filesize
  • Finds black bands and crops them
  • Gives suggestions for improved performance

There are three methods to install acidrip on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acidrip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acidrip

Install acidrip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acidrip

Install acidrip 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 acidrip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acidrip

How To Uninstall acidrip on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove acidrip

Uninstall acidrip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acidrip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acidrip

Remove acidrip Configurations and Data

To remove acidrip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acidrip

Remove acidrip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acidrip

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acidrip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.