[CentOS] Has anyone got dvd::rip to work in CentOS?

[Ajay Sharma]

Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 
> I feel like Im chasing my own tail round and round in trying to install 
> dvd::rip. Installing the RPM just gets me lost in a world of 
> dependancies. I tried installing manually and all I get is the following:
> [dave at localhost ~]$ /usr/bin/dvdrip
> Can't locate Locale/TextDomain.pm in @INC (@INC contains: lib 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi...
> 
> ... and it goes on and on.
> 
> By chance has anyone installed this successfully?

There are a lot of desktop-related questions showing up, it's Sunday so 
I figured I would share my opinion on the topic.

I hate to say it but CentOS isn't really built for this kinda desktop 
stuff.  dvd ripping/authoring/burning is still a pretty fast moving 
target so software is always changing and so are the dependencies. 
CentOS's place (IMO) is on the server where you don't want fast moving 
software, but reliable stuff that "Just Works".

You're better off using a desktop geared distro like Ark, Ubuntu or 
Gentoo.  My desktop is Gentoo and all my servers are CentOS.

To answer your question, it looks like you need the Locale::TextDomain 
perl module.  You can install it using CPAN if you can't find a RPM:

perl -MCPAN -e shell
[a bunch of stuff about configuring the cpan interface if you've never 
done it before]
install Locale::TextDomain

That should do it...

--Ajay