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  • How do I start the Handbrake GUI?

    From Gary Dale@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 25 19:00:01 2025
    I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently installed
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.

    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma desktop
    menu and the command line program has too many options for me to sort
    through. I was hoping the GUI front end would simplify things.

    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package includes
    "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However neither ghb nor
    handbrake are found on my system. All that I can find/locate are .svg
    and .png files for them.

    What am I missing?

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  • From Gary Dale@21:1/5 to Eben King on Sat Apr 26 13:30:01 2025
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    On 2025-04-25 15:22, Eben King wrote:


    On 4/25/25 12:15, Gary Dale wrote:
    I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently installed
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.

    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma desktop
    menu and the command line program has too many options for me to sort
    through. I was hoping the GUI front end would simplify things.

    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package includes
    "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However neither ghb nor
    handbrake are found on my system. All that I can find/locate are .svg
    and .png files for them.

    What am I missing?

    If you know the package name, dpkg -L <package name> will tell you
    which files the package has installed.  You can also get that
    information from your favorite apt frontend.

    $ dpkg -L handbrake
    /.
    /usr
    /usr/share
    /usr/share/doc
    /usr/share/doc/handbrake
    /usr/share/doc/handbrake/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/handbrake/changelog.gz
    /usr/share/doc/handbrake/copyright


    <!DOCTYPE html>
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    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-04-25 15:22, Eben King wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite"
    cite="mid:[email protected]">
    <br>
    <br>
    On 4/25/25 12:15, Gary Dale wrote:
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite">I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64
    system. I recently installed Handbrake but can't figure out how
    to use it.
    <br>
    <br>
    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma
    desktop menu and the command line program has too many options
    for me to sort through. I was hoping the GUI front end would
    simplify things.
    <br>
    <br>
    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package
    includes "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However
    neither ghb nor handbrake are found on my system. All that I can
    find/locate are .svg and .png files for them.
    <br>
    <br>
    What am I missing?
    <br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    If you know the package name, dpkg -L &lt;package name&gt; will
    tell you which files the package has installed.  You can also get
    that information from your favorite apt frontend.
    <br>
    <br>
    </blockquote>
    <span style="font-family:monospace"><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">$ dpkg -L
    handbrake</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/.</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share/doc</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share/doc/handbrake</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share/doc/handbrake/changelog.Debian.gz</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share/doc/handbrake/changelog.gz</span><span
    style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">/usr/share/doc/handbrake/copyright</span><br>
    <span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
    </span><br>
    <br>
    </span>
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  • From Gary Dale@21:1/5 to Timothy M Butterworth on Sat Apr 26 13:30:01 2025
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    On 2025-04-25 13:06, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:


    On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM Gary Dale <[email protected]> wrote:

    I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently installed
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.

    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma desktop
    menu and the command line program has too many options for me to sort
    through. I was hoping the GUI front end would simplify things.

    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package includes
    "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However neither ghb nor
    handbrake are found on my system. All that I can find/locate are .svg
    and .png files for them.


    I just installed it on Trixie and it works fine. "ghb" is the GUI
    binary and it should work. I launched ghb from the command line and it brought up the GUI.

    Try purging it and reinstalling it: `sudo apt purge handbrake && sudo
    apt install handbrake`
    Sorry, still didn't work. Nor did doing an autoremove after the purge. <!DOCTYPE html>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-04-25 13:06, Timothy M
    Butterworth wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAO6YxPwRWw9SQbr6E8VbadVTpy4EHsEVBaVXj4fYtYndYXr2Rw@mail.gmail.com">
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    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at
    12:55 PM Gary Dale &lt;<a
    href="mailto:[email protected]"
    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>&gt;
    wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
    style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm
    running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently
    installed <br>
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.<br>
    <br>
    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma
    desktop <br>
    menu and the command line program has too many options for
    me to sort <br>
    through. I was hoping the GUI front end would simplify
    things.<br>
    <br>
    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package
    includes <br>
    "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However neither
    ghb nor <br>
    handbrake are found on my system. All that I can find/locate
    are .svg <br>
    and .png files for them.<br>
    </blockquote>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>I just installed it on Trixie and it works fine. "ghb" is
    the GUI binary and it should work. I launched ghb from the
    command line and it brought up the GUI.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>Try purging it and reinstalling it: `sudo apt purge
    handbrake &amp;&amp; sudo apt install handbrake`</div>
    <div> </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </blockquote>
    Sorry, still didn't work. Nor did doing an autoremove after the
    purge.<br>
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  • From Gary Dale@21:1/5 to David on Sat Apr 26 13:40:02 2025
    On 2025-04-25 20:39, David wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 at 16:55, Gary Dale <[email protected]> wrote:

    I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently installed
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.

    The issue is that there is no menu entry for it on my Plasma desktop
    menu and the command line program has too many options for me to sort
    through. I was hoping the GUI front end would simplify things.

    According to the Debian package page, the handbrake package includes
    "ghb", the GUI front end I am looking for. However neither ghb nor
    handbrake are found on my system. All that I can find/locate are .svg
    and .png files for them.

    What am I missing?
    Hi,

    I do not have Trixie but, as a point of comparison, in my Bookworm
    system, the LXDE desktop toolbar (provided by lxpanel) application start
    menu is activated to appear by an

    lxpanelctl menu

    command, and navigating that menu finds the handbrake menu entry at

    Sound & Video > Handbrake

    One thing that you are missing is that there are better ways to investigate your issue than using 'find' or 'locate'.

    Can you share how does your output of the below commands compare with mine?

    $ apt list --installed handbrake
    Listing... Done
    handbrake/stable,now 1.6.1+ds1-1 amd64 [installed]
    $ type ghb
    ghb is /usr/bin/ghb
    $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/ghb
    handbrake: /usr/bin/ghb
    $

    When I run 'ghb' command in a GUI terminal emulator, 'handbrake' starts exactly the same as if I use the application start menu mentioned above.

    # apt list --installed handbrake
    handbrake/testing,now 1:1.9.2-dmo1 all [installed]
    Notice: There is 1 additional version. Please use the '-a' switch to see it
    # apt list -a --installed handbrake
    handbrake/testing,now 1:1.9.2-dmo1 all [installed]
    handbrake/testing 1.9.2+ds1-1 all


    As per my original post and my replies to other comments, I get the
    message "command not found" when I run ghb or handbrake. In this case
    find and locate are appropriate to see if this is a path issue. They
    confirm that said programs have not been installed.

    Under Plasma, I would expect handbrake to be found under the Multimedia submenu. It's not there and it also doesn't show up under All Applications.

    From the various responses, I suspect the handbrake package is
    currently broken.

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  • From Gary Dale@21:1/5 to Brad Rogers on Sat Apr 26 14:00:01 2025
    On 2025-04-26 07:32, Brad Rogers wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:15:41 -0400
    Gary Dale <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hello Gary,

    I'm running Debian/Trixie on an AMD64 system. I recently installed
    Handbrake but can't figure out how to use it.
    Install handbrake-gtk.

    The entry for Handbrake should be found in Multimedia.

    Thanks. That got it.

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