Linux Tips

Install the libdvdcss library. # sudo su - # apt-get install libdvdcss2 # apt-get install libdvdread4 # cd /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/ # ./install-css.sh If it says that the package is not found then try them again after executing the below lines: add medibuntu repositories in your sources list $ sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list $ sudo apt-get --quiet update $ sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring $ sudo apt-get --quiet update Enjoy!

Follows the steps below to play DVD in your ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala 1. Become root $ sudo su - 2. Add medibuntu repositories to your sources.list. # wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/karmic.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list Now add the GPG Key: # apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update 3.Update your system. # apt-get update 4. Now install the libdvdcss library. # apt-get install libdvdcss2 # cd /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/ # ./install-css.sh

Open a terminal and become root using 'su'. Now type at terminal these commands to make your fedora play multimedia files. # rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm # rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm # yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree # yum install xine xine-lib libdvdcss Now you will be able to play mp3s and dvds in your fedora 11.