Question about an alternative to the MX-Codecs installer

[eband]

This isn't a call for help more than a question.

If I want to use the command line to install codecs that are handled by the MX Codecs installer, can I use a command line alternative?

EDIT: Or, can I use the command line to call the commands used by the MX Codecs installer?

[dolphin_oracle]

basically mx-codecs downloads from deb-multimedia the packages it needs, then uses dpkg to install them.

we actually have discontinued mx-codecs. the items have been placed into mx-packageinstaller, which for your purposes is a good thing because you can see the commands

/usr/share/mx-packageinstaller-pkglist/

w64codecs.pm
libdvdcss-deb-multi.pm
libtxc-dxtn0-64-deb-multi.pm

I think that's it.

[eband]

If I'm not mistaken, PM files are package manager files, like DEBS.

[eband]

OK, forgive me, but I am going to ask a stupid question: are the packages in /usr/share/mx-packageinstaller-pkglist/available for install or are they already installed?

Sorry.

[dolphin_oracle]

pm files define what is presented on the popular apps tab. They are not packages themselves but allow for the installation of packages. Some of them, like the three I mentioned, run commands and download debs from third parties.

Crack one open and see. They are just text files.

[eband]

That's as good an answer as any.

Thanks!

[eband]

As it turns out, they're installable by default.

Now watching my old DVDs on the drive.