From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   Jeff Gaines wrote:   
      
   > Now I have my Linux PC up and running I want to install "acidrip". Doesn't   
   > appear in the Mint archive but I managed to find and download it manually.   
   >   
   > However, I am at a loss as to how to install it. I managed to extract some   
   > files from it, some are also tgz or tar.gz so I extracted those but I   
   > can't see anything that looks like an install file/script - and it's a bit   
   > like those Russian dolls, I wasn't sure how long to keep going!   
   >   
   > Is there an easy to use program with a graphical interface that I can just   
   > point to the top level tar.gz file and it will do all it needs to install   
   > the program please?   
      
   Not this one, no. I don't have all the prereqs installed so I don't know if   
   it actually works or not, but I found comments here-and-there that suggest it   
   doesn't, specifically on Mint.   
      
   However. I recommend against even trying to use this. As John Hasler said, it   
   hasn't been touched in 5 years, and the most recent version is dated 20 years   
   ago (September 2004).   
      
   VLC can rip DVDs just fine. It's probably included in your distro, or else   
   can be found in its package manager. Search for "vlc rip dvd linux" and read   
   to your heart's content.   
      
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