How to install DVDcopy on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install DVDcopy on Ubuntu 16.04

The DVDcopy is a application that is used to copy the files and folders from source to any destination like CD/DVD. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of DVDcopy on Ubuntu.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, add the repository in the target system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/hybrid
Hybrid is a multi platform (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows) Qt based frontend for a bunch of other tools which can convert nearly every input to x264/x265/Xvid/VP9/... + ac3/ogg/mp3/aac/flac inside an mp4/m2ts/mkv/webm/mov/avi container, a Blu-ray or an AVCHD structure.
http://www.selur.de/
http://forum.selur.de/topic612-hybrid-tools-ubuntu-packages.html
More info: https://launchpad.net/~djcj/+archive/ubuntu/hybrid
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp8e8yyoq7/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp8e8yyoq7/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key D4B4972B from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp8e8yyoq7/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key D4B4972B: public key " Launchpad PPA for djcj"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:imported: 1(RSA: 1)
OK

The repository is now installed successfully. Now update the repo in the system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [15.3 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [15.3 kB]
Get:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [9,480 B]
Fetched 364 kB in 6s (53.9 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

After updating the repo. Install the DVDcopy package in the system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install dvdcopy -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
Suggested packages:
libdvdcss2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dvdcopy libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 473 not upgraded.
Need to get 111 kB of archives.
After this operation, 333 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libdvdread4 amd64 5.0.3-1 [49.6 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 dvdcopy amd64 0.1~20130318-0ppa1~xenial [23.7 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libdvdnav4 amd64 5.0.3-1 [37.3 kB]
Fetched 111 kB in 1s (83.1 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libdvdread4:amd64.
(Reading database ... 176594 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libdvdread4_5.0.3-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdvdread4:amd64 (5.0.3-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package dvdcopy.
Preparing to unpack .../dvdcopy_0.1~20130318-0ppa1~xenial_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dvdcopy (0.1~20130318-0ppa1~xenial) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdvdnav4:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libdvdnav4_5.0.3-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdvdnav4:amd64 (5.0.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up libdvdread4:amd64 (5.0.3-1) ...
Setting up dvdcopy (0.1~20130318-0ppa1~xenial) ...
Setting up libdvdnav4:amd64 (5.0.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

The package has been successfully installed and enter the following command to know about DVDcopy.

root@linuxhelp1:~# dvdcopy
Usage: dvdcopy source target
Copies the DVD at the device source to the directory target
Options:
-h, --help: print this help message
-l, --list: list files contained on the DVD
-n, --number NB:read NB sectors at a time
-s, --second-pass: run a second pass reading only bad sectors
-b, --bad-sectors: specify an alternate bad sectors file
-S, --scan: scan directory for bad sectors
-I, --ifo-scan: scan ifo files for info
-e, --eject: attempts to eject the source after copying

For removing the package enter the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove dvdcopy -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dvdcopy
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 473 not upgraded.
After this operation, 69.6 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 176619 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dvdcopy (0.1~20130318-0ppa1~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

Isn' t that an easy installation procedure? DVDcopy is a type of file manager that copies files and folders from source to any destination.