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Hi,
Knoppix 4.0 comes with Grip, which lists many MP3-codecs (among them lame) but the only codec that really seems to be preinstalled can only produce ogg-files. Also, I've read that lame has not been preinstalled due to copyright problems. Anyway: does the latest Knoppix version come with lame? If not, can you tell me how to install it on Knoppix?
keenPenguin
I don't know about Knoppix 5.2, but for 5.1.1 add to your
/etc/apt/sources.list
and invoke (with root privilege)Code:apt-get install liblame0 lame
Hi Johnny,
What does mean? As a command line in the terminal, it didn't work. And how do I add it to that list file? I went to http://www.debian-multimedia.org/mirrors.html, but did not find the corresponding line, as "etch" was not to be found there.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyH
keenPenguin
I infer from the context of your questions that you are actually running Knoppix 5.1.1 (?), in which case the following will be available to you:-
1. Kmenu -> System -> More Applications -> File Manager - Super User Mode
2. Navigate in file manager to /etc/apt
3. Click on the sources.list file to open it with Kwrite
4. Add to sources.list file the statement BTW "etch" is an alias (or vice-versa) for what is now "stable" Debian. (I prefer to use named designations as it avoids ambiguity with older system sources.list files where "stable" used to be "sarge" - which is now "oldstable" ;) . )
BTW for these codec files you might be able to use lenny(=testing) or sid(=unstable) with Knoppix 5.1.1 libraries, but I haven't tried mixing them so no guarantees ;) .
5. Save the amended /etc/apt/sources.list file.
6. From a root-privileged console invoke(I forgot to mention this first time :oops: )Code:apt-get update
thenand it should install for you :) .Code:apt-get install liblame0 lame
Hi again JohnnyH,
the steps you described worked perfectly on 5.1.1. But after executing them, I was shocked to find that Grip is missing. I tried all menues that made sense to find it, and I tried "grip" and "Grip" in the terminal, but Knoppix remained silent.
Where is Grip? Or is there another ripping tool for MP3s?
keenPenguin
Your question specifically asked about installing lame but not about grip ;) ; grip is available in the normal Debian repository. BTW You can find whether this is the case for any package by going to
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
and entering the package name in the appropriate search field. N.B. Sometimes you may know only the command name that you are looking for, which is not always the same as the package name; for this use the "Search the contents of packages" field.
should get it for you.Code:apt-get install grip
Hi JohnnyH,
Well, first of all, thank you for your patience! But I feel I will have to put some further strain on it :oops:
As already mentioned, the installation of lame worked fine. But after callingI get an error text. I made a screenshot here:Code:apt-get install grip
http://www.abload.de/img/knoppixscreenzuv.png
The screenshot is in German, but I hoped that you might happen to be familiar with this error. Anyway, calling grip does not work. If the screenshot does not really shed light on the problem, I might try to translate it, or download an English Knoppix 5.1.1. and repeat the process.
keenPenguin
The error messages indicate significant incompatibility of your 5.1.1 libraries with what is *now* "testing" or "unstable" in the repositories.
Invoking apt-get -f install (as it suggests) *might* work OK but it would be a pretty brutal upgrade step and might leave you with problems ;)
I suggest that you (backing it up first) replace your /etc/apt/sources.list file with the following which I use with 5.1.1 (I've left in the 'cruft' which you can remove if you like).
[Edited line deb ... download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main 14:07 hrs BST]
If you are in the us you can replace uk by us to get your nearest mirror, or whatever is your appropriate country code.Code:# deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
# VLC Player and libdvdcss
#deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
# w32codecs
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
# cinelerra
deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~minmax/cinelerra/builds/sid/ ./
Then invoke successivelyand good luck ;)Code:apt-get update
apt-get install grip
Hi JohnnyH,
sorry for getting on your nerves, but apt-get just wouldn't work. I replaced my sources.list by yours, but calling
always fails. Here's a screen shot:Code:apt-get update
http://www.abload.de/img/aptgetscreen21l.png
keenPenguin
1] You don't say that you invokedafterCode:apt-get install grip
- what is the result ?Code:apt-get update
2](i) The screen shot http://www.abload.de/img/aptgetscreen21l.png is not showing a 'show-stopper' failure of apt-get update ; it is telling you that the 'unofficial' codec packages are not verified by your system.
2](ii) You can still download & install them by accepting them unverified when prompted by apt-get install <whatever-codec>
2](iii) The verification tool is installed as follows ; from a root-privileged console invoke successively :-
apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring
gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907
gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | apt-key add -
(I recommend that you copy & paste each complete line into the console to avoid transcription errors).
*Don't* give up if you think you see an error reported ;) complete the instructions, then tryagain and report as necessary.Code:apt-get update
Hi JohnnyH,
thank you very much, it works! Works perfectly!
The reason why id did not before is that I was too impressed by that apt-get update error and that I always executed the commands in the wrong order. That is because I've read some place that even if grip is installed before the lame codec, it should automatically be familiar with the directory lame is in and thus work fine, even if the codec should be post-installed:
(root)Well, that was the worng order.Code:apt-get update
apt-get install grip
apt-get install liblame0 lame
Now, for the first time, I tried:
(root)That worked fine :D Thank you very much!Code:apt-get update
apt-get install liblame0 lame
apt-get install grip
But if you thought that finally you'll have peace, I must disappoint you :shock:
Because in your sources.list, you also have a VLC-mirror. I was wondering which package to (apt-)get in order to run VLC? How could I find out on my own? And what is "libdvdcss"?
keenPenguin
You can use a search engine e.g. Google to answer such questions; putting in a search forQuote:
Originally Posted by keenPenguin
vlc linux
brought up www.videolan.org/vlc/ where you can navigate to Debian GNU/Linux at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-debian.html
which gives you the answer.
libdvdcss2 (current version) is a decoder for DVDs that have constraints on how the user can use them- again, use Google for your research.