Cinelerra GG – Not Launching After Installation Fix

Another computer problem in the world order. This time it dealt with a free and open source application called Cinelerra GG, that I installed on MX Linux. Cinelerra allows you to edit video, create videos, create video documentaries, etc.

I installed Cinelerra on a quad core desktop computer with MX Linux distribution. However, the first time I tried launching this application from the program menu, nothing happened. Further investigation of mine did not lead to a solution.

I tried launching Cinelerra GG via the command line with this simple command:

cin

Cinelerra still would not open. However, by running it in a command line terminal, an error message was displayed on screen. The file libva-drm.so.1 was missing.

I tried installing this missing library file with the following command:

apt-get install libva-drm.so.1

Unfortunately, apt-get could not find this file. This type of fiasco is nothing new in Linux. Especially, if you use a derivation Linux distribution like MX Linux.

MX Linux is a Debian derivation distribution based on Debian Linux. It by no means is exactly the same as Debian, Ubuntu, etc. I could not find this exact Linux library file in any Internet searches.

Finally, I used rpmfind.net and found the correct library file. However, it was named differently. The correct Linux library file to install is:

libva-drm1

The correct command to run is:

apt-get install libva-drm1

This library file successfully installed without adding any additional repository. Cinelerra then successfully launched. These instructions were written for MX Linux 18.3 installed on a quad core computer. However, you can use these instructions as a basis point for other possible Linux distributions.

Initially, I had to enable the IGN cinelerra-gg.org repository in MX Linux, in order to install Cinelerra GG program. These are the types of problems that can arise when using a non standard so to speak Linux distribution.

Cinelerra GG – Not Launching After Installation Fix Video Transcript

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SJS wrong cone EDA a niqab intercom

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ultra video poverty boy so I recently

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created my own quiet manner and that's

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what happens when you use Linux it's not

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perfect all but the the Linux called you

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know anyways I don't want to digress

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about that they're almost as bad as the

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wind blows called and the Macan crap

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cult all right

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Sinha Lara Gigi is a free and open

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source video editor you can edit videos

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you can actually create into a video or

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you could literally create a movie

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documentary with it I'm not going to be

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discussing it when I first went to hence

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the title of this video not launching

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after installation fix so I installed

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cinelerra GG and then I try to launch it

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and through the startup menu on Linux

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and I received nothing I was like kind

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of like now you can't see but I'm

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twiddling my well I'm on this countertop

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you might be able here

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those are my fingers you know waiting

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waiting nothing then I tried to run

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cinelerra via command prompt now on

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Linux cinelerra

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you can open it by just typing C I N and

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click on the link in the description box

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below of this YouTube video for full

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details about this quagmire at my

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website enoch appears calm where I

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include all the commands that you're

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going to need to type in and run to fix

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this problem and this [ __ ] computer

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is loud I don't know if you can hear

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that I need to replace the fan wow what

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a bastard

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is it vibrating anyways I'm sure I'm

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talking loud enough over so you would

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just type in CIN into a terminal window

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on Linux and that's another way to open

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it

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this time it didn't work well what the I

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don't know what I don't know what this

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computer's problem is maybe it's warm in

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here and that's why the fans turned on

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and but that's a lot of noise

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alright I'll just ignore the [ __ ]

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annoying fan if I can

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[ __ ]

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it was noisy earlier today and it didn't

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blow up or overheat it was missing a

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file and the file that is missing that

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you can see on screen in my blog post is

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a Linux library file called

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l ib v a - d RM the error I received

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though was yes it just basically said

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that Lib VA - DRM da s o dot one was

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missing all right

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and so I was like well no big deal

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this is nothing new Linux you'll run

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into if you've ever used Linux sometimes

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files just don't get installed every

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other file when I went to install

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cinelerra there'll be over time but for

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now let's cut to the chase

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what fix this problem of getting a blank

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screen or you know you're staring at the

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screen for five hours because cinelerra

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did not launch is you have to well this

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was a clue I just had to install the

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correct library file however since the

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name of the file was dot s o dot one and

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then live VA - DRM I tried to type into

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a command line apt - get install live VA

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- DRM and it did not work I had to go to

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rpm find net and I found the correct

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library file you'll run across this once

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in a while in Linux I'm also using a non

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instead what I would consider a non

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standard Debian derivation distribution

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called

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MX Linux it is not the exact same as

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Debian or Ubuntu Ubuntu is also a Debian

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derivation Linux distribution they're

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not going to be the same

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I had to install lib VA - DRM one it was

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missing the number one and then I on rpm

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find net I kept searching for the the

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exact file that the error output and it

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didn't find it and until it eventually

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found one that I might have or looked it

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on the internet search couldn't find the

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correct library file but on rpm find net

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I scrolled to and I know this one I was

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like well it's almost the same and I was

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like well you know what I'll just

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[ __ ] try it and the the naming

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convention wasn't correct and it may be

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in the script for cinelerra I'm just not

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100% sure or it could be because I'm

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using a different Linux distribution you

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know I'm saying so I installed live VA -

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DRM one with this command and it was a

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small file I don't know a couple hundred

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thousand kilobytes or whatever and let

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me show you

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apt - get install live VA - erm one it

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installed and then I typed in sin in a

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command line and it opened right up so

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that's all it was that was an easy fix

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but with computers and information

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technology and even with Linux

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it's not always easy you know what I'm

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saying and was there anything else I

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need to add my video box into this

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anyways that I just added this at the

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last minute all right anything else now

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in order to install this is over time

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you can leave the priori Birdie already

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left I don't [ __ ] care how long you

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watch my videos as long as you watch the

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man

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all right I had to add the IGN Sinha

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Lara - Gigi or repository in order to

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get cinelerra to even install on this MX

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Linux you know I'm Sam and so that that

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happens you'll notice that you're you're

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scrambling you think oh well I'm oh yeah

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I'm gonna be video editing and I'm gonna

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be making documentaries I'm gonna become

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famous no because the system's rigged

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but I'm just saying you know with your

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free and open source cinelerra GG and

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you're gonna just everybody's oh you're

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gonna get a lot of females they're just

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gonna swoon over you because of your

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video editing prowess and then you go to

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install set you're even bragging you

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know are you gonna release a video

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documentary exposing the pale skinned

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European supremacist system that's

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destroying the planet and then you go to

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install it on Linux and wot wot wha you

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can't install it because it's not

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included with your Linux distributions

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repository and then you had to add the

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repository you have to find the correct

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one oh [ __ ] and then when you do install

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cinelerra well [ __ ] you're missing a

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file so it's nothing new

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nothing new at all

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so I just had to add that repository and

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then it was just missing one file so you

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know that [ __ ] like that happens

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this this I'm about to take this desktop

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computer and put it out of its misery

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so let me show you quickly what it

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cinelerra looks like after I fixed the

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problem and it works now you would

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normally go to the program menu and then

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you would go to multimedia and then I

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just heard a noise I just [ __ ] heard

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a noise

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these idiots and morons that you know

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stay in motels and hotels or obnoxious

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man gone are the days when you can live

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a peaceful life with these goddamn

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Americans so

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that I fixed it I was going to try to

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there's four parts of it this is a

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compositor or what the video would be

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here if you added it and then here's

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what

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and then here's the viewer you can watch

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the video and then you can work on it at

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the same time and then you know I'm

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saying I just wanted to demonstrate that

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actually it works

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and up here you can even see that it

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says cinelerra program and I was gonna

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try to demonstrate and reverse-engineer

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it

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however the problem was is that I went

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to remove that DRM file with the one you

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know the live ba - DRM one well then it

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it wanted to remove sin which is the

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main program and I was like it didn't

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give me the option of only removing the

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library by itself now when originally

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the library file was missing and it did

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install sin but without that library

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file it did not open and so I could not

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there might be away with a script or a

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backup but I didn't now I'm not gonna go

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that far but I wanted to demonstrate it

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and show you that you know well let's

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see it doesn't work oh you know what

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before I run I'll show you command-line

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real quick and on Linux you don't you

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have to no command line I mean there's

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just no way around it really you know

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I'm saying you should know command line

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well Windows has command line although

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wind blows you might blow up your

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windows-based computer Mac and crap also

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has a terminal

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similar results there you may blow it up

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Linux you know yeah I don't know about

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blow ups but you'll create some

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Quagmire's you don't know what you're

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doing

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so here is you know the command line in

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Linux so what you would do is you would

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go browse to my own blog post this in

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the description box below and has full

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instructions you can even copy and paste

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because I made sure that they were

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verbatim

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which is like for example apt - get

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install and then you're gonna let me

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move let me make sure I get the right

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damn it come on come on I'm using two

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monitors to record this video oh there

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it is

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live VA - erm one live VA - erm one

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okay livvie a Lib for library va - RM 1

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it says is our anything newest version

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and set to manual

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that's all you

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you should only have to

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and install the correct library and with

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Linux and asked it it is case sensitive

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spelling skills

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