{"id":44117,"date":"2023-07-03T12:24:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44117"},"modified":"2025-02-04T03:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:26:18","slug":"install-dvdstyler-3-3-ppa-ubuntu-22-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/install-dvdstyler-3-3-ppa-ubuntu-22-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install DVDStyler via PPA in Ubuntu 24.04 &#038; 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-44122\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install the DVD authoring tool, DVDStyler 3.3 Beta4 (or 3.2.1 Stable for 22.04), in <b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 24.04<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 24.10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>DVDStyler is a free software for creating professional-looking DVDs. It provides many built-in buttons, templates, and file browser to make easy to burn DVDs.<\/p>\n<p>I was maintaining a PPA with DVDStyler package for Ubuntu users, but stuck at v3.1.2, because of compile issue for the lastest v3.2. Now, it&#8217;s back and includes the latest DVDStyler 3.3 Beta for Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 24.04, and DVDStyler 3.2.1 for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.<\/p>\n<p>Features of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdstyler.org\/en\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DVDStyler 3.3<\/a> Beta so far include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to specify custom video file for buttons<\/li>\n<li>Add object &#8216;Caption and rectangle&#8217; (thanks to ecodrv)<\/li>\n<li>Fix video frame selection dialog<\/li>\n<li>Add setting &#8220;FFmpeg options&#8221; to specify transcoding options such as <code>-hwaccel<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Add menu template &#8220;wall&#8221; with text based title buttons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44118\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33-600x338.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-33.webp 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install DVDStyler via Ubuntu PPA:<\/h3>\n<p><b>UPDATED : For Ubuntu 24.04, the PPA contains DVDStyler 3.3 Beta with latest commits until Apr 29. I can&#8217;t figure out how to built 3.2.1 stable with latest FFmpeg 6, please report bug to <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/p\/dvdstyler\/bugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a> for issues.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open a terminal windows. Then, run the commands below one by one to add <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/dvdstyler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the PPA<\/a> and install DVDStyler.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> To add the PPA in all current Ubuntu releases (<code>amd64<\/code> and <code>arm64\/armhf<\/code>), run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/dvdstyler<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44119\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa-600x286.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa-600x286.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa-300x143.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa-768x366.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-ppa.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Linux Mint user need to manually refresh system package cache, though it&#8217;s done automatically in Ubuntu 20.04 and higher while adding PPA. To do so, run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally, run command to install the software package:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install dvdstyler<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44120\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/apt-dvdstyler-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Fix &#8216;can&#8217;t open user configuration file&#8217; error<\/h3>\n<p>In recent version, it may output an error on close of DVDStyler app window:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Failed to create a temporary file name (error 2: No such file or directory)<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t open user configuration file.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-error.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44121\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-error.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-error.webp 561w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dvdstyler-error-300x237.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The solution is just create the <b>.dvdstyler<\/b> folder in user&#8217;s home directory! Or, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>mkdir -p ~\/.dvdstyler<\/pre>\n<h3>Uninstall DVDStyler<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the DVD authoring tool, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove dvdstyler<\/pre>\n<p>And, remove the Ubuntu PPA either by deleting source line from &#8216;<b>Software &amp; Updates<\/b>&#8216; tool under &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab. Or, by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/dvdstyler<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install the DVD authoring tool, DVDStyler 3.3 Beta4 (or 3.2.1 Stable for 22.04), in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10. DVDStyler is a free software for creating professional-looking DVDs. It provides many built-in buttons, templates, and file browser to make easy to burn DVDs. 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