How to Install and Uninstall libdvdread8 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libdvdread8" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libdvdread8 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdvdread8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdvdread8" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libdvdread8 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libdvdread8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libdvdread8 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libdvdread8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.1-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: libdvdread
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 159
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: libdvdcss2
Filename: pool/universe/libd/libdvdread/libdvdread8_6.1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 51984
MD5sum: 1de9b347b082bb4d759c5c50c538f871
SHA1: 4b226fefd04f0e21d445efa481683119778dace6
SHA256: e50d97e1545521424c01984b814ce12ceb564fefca4addfdff4e668a434e8aeb
SHA512: d54b3a6cb10065926a6e5f70c247a0808eaa693f2b5de14353eb49d99edafca371355ef712a1acd7978eb31df8cc21cc448d3ca58315a2dd34ce5f7c92f41774
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdnav.html
Description-en: library for reading DVDs
libdvdread provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It
parses IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and
descrambling.
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libdvdread probes for libdvdcss at runtime and if found, will use it to
decrypt sections of the DVD as necessary. libdvdcss needs to be installed from
third-party repositories (see README.css), it's not included in Debian.
Description-md5: 9dcce76d11ca332adfb624eadba77370
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi