Errors while installing handbrake and handbrake-cli

Question

I need the handbrake-cli tool, and I believe it does not come with the standard Ubuntu repository, so I followed this guide.

Adding the repository

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots
sudo apt-get update

No errrors, everything seems fine.

Everything seems fine through the installation:

jdoe@jdoe:~$ sudo apt-get install -y handbrake-cli handbrake-gtk 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libjansson4
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  handbrake-cli handbrake-gtk libjansson4
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 36.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libjansson4 amd64 2.5-2 [25.2 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-snapshots/ubuntu/ trusty/main handbrake-cli amd64 7352svnppa1~trusty1 [5,705 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-snapshots/ubuntu/ trusty/main handbrake-gtk amd64 7352svnppa1~trusty1 [10.8 MB]
Fetched 16.6 MB in 5s (2,930 kB/s)        
Selecting previously unselected package libjansson4:amd64.
(Reading database ... 247827 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libjansson4_2.5-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libjansson4:amd64 (2.5-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package handbrake-cli.
Preparing to unpack .../handbrake-cli_7352svnppa1~trusty1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking handbrake-cli (7352svnppa1~trusty1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package handbrake-gtk.
Preparing to unpack .../handbrake-gtk_7352svnppa1~trusty1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking handbrake-gtk (7352svnppa1~trusty1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Setting up libjansson4:amd64 (2.5-2) ...
Setting up handbrake-cli (7352svnppa1~trusty1) ...
Setting up handbrake-gtk (7352svnppa1~trusty1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...

But afterwards only some documentation is installed

jdoe@jdoe:~$ handbrake
The program 'handbrake' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install handbrake
jdoe@jdoe:~$ handbrake-gtk
The program 'handbrake-gtk' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install handbrake
jdoe@jdoe:~$ handbrake-cli
handbrake-cli: command not found

jdoe@jdoe:~$ locate handbrake
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stebbins-handbrake-snapshots-trusty.list
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/stebbins-handbrake-snapshots.gpg
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/stebbins-handbrake-snapshots.gpg~
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/handbrake:ghb.desktop
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-gtk
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/NEWS.gz
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-cli/copyright
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-gtk/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/handbrake-gtk/copyright
/var/cache/apt/archives/handbrake-cli_7352svnppa1~trusty1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/handbrake-gtk_7352svnppa1~trusty1_amd64.deb
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_stebbins_handbrake-snapshots_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_stebbins_handbrake-snapshots_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release.gpg
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_stebbins_handbrake-snapshots_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_binary-amd64_Packages
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_stebbins_handbrake-snapshots_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_binary-i386_Packages
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_stebbins_handbrake-snapshots_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en
/var/lib/dpkg/info/handbrake-cli.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/handbrake-cli.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/handbrake-gtk.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/handbrake-gtk.md5sums

And another question

Why is handbrake-cli not included in the handbrake package from the default Ubuntu repository? Perhaps, there is a really good reason for that, that I should know :)

Answer 1

First of all, you are trying to install handbrake using a method for Ubuntu 12.04 while you are using Ubuntu 14.04, and this will not work in general.

Second note that in Ubuntu 12.04 the command was named ghb and not handbrake.

Third handrake-cli is already founded in the default PPA from universe.

Now to install handbrake in Ubuntu 14.04 properly just run the commands:

sudo apt-get install handbrake handbrake-cli

But before remove the ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots reposioty.

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots

---

UPDATE:

If you want to use the stebbins repo:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake handbrake-cli