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[fx fraipont <fxf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Martin Love wrote:

> Hi FX,
>
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 16:34, fx fraipont wrote:
>  
>
> > I have tried from a terminal windows as root the above command, but it says
> >
> >    
> >
> > > that it cant find dvdbackup. I have tried a find and it cant find
> > > dvdbackup, but I know I have it installed. I installed via a Red Hat RPM
> > > as per one of the previous posts.
> > >
> > > I must be really stupid or something.. I just can't seem to get this thing
> > > to work.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >      
> > locate dvdbackup
> >
> > will tell you where it is installed.
> >
> > mine is in /usr/bin/dvdbackup
> > so you can try again
> >
> > /usr/bin/dvdbackup -i /dev/dvd -M -o /home/yourname/
> >
> > fx
> >    
>
> I'm sure your getting board of this now. OK, I tried the locate command, but 
> it couldn't find it.
>
> I tried to install the RPM again, but I think it crashed before it finished. I 
> have also tried to install the RPM with Red Carpet, but it says it's not a 
> valid RPM.
>
> I have tried to compile the dvdbackup.c file, but this also seems to fail with 
> all sorts of errors.
>
> gcc -o dvdbackup -ldvdread dvdbackup.c
>
> Here is a snip of the first few lines.
>
> linux: # gcc -o dvdbackup -ldvdread dvdbackup.c
> dvdbackup.c:33:32: dvdread/dvd_reader.h: No such file or directory
> dvdbackup.c:34:30: dvdread/ifo_read.h: No such file or directory
> dvdbackup.c:35:31: dvdread/ifo_print.h: No such file or directory
> dvdbackup.c:295: error: parse error before '*' token
> dvdbackup.c: In function `DVDWriteCells':
>
>
> Is there another way of installing dvdbackup or am I doing this totally wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
>  
Ok , this is good news!

you need libdvdcss and libdvdread, get them from packman  (bookmark the 
packman website, it is a precious resource for SuSErs).

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=121

For Libdvdcss, it's a bit more complicated, since it is technically 
illegal to watch dvd's under linux, even if you own the dvd. But follow 
the instructions and it's real easy.

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122

To use locate, you need to intall findultils and findutils-locate , they 
are on the SuSE 9.1 dvd; use yast.


FX