HOWTO: Install Rubyripper on Ubuntu

[ghindo]

HOWTO: Install Rubyripper on Ubuntu

Note: These instructions are aimed at Ubuntu 10.04 and above. Results on other Ubuntu releases may vary.

What is Rubyripper?
From the HydrogenAudio wiki:

Rubyripper is a digital audio extraction algorithm that uses cdparanoia in a sophisticated way to make sure that a CD rip is done successfully and accurately.

How is Rubyripper different from other CD rippers?
Rubyripper differs from programs like K3b and Sound Juicer because it is much more thorough. Rubyripper rips each audio track at least twice, then compares each rip for differences and attempts to make the most accurate compilation of rips it possibly can. The result? Higher quality, accurate CD rips.

Installation
Unfortunately, Rubyripper isn't yet available in the official Ubuntu repositories. Fortunately, there's a personal package archive (PPA) available which makes installation easy! No more compiling from source!

1. First, open up the terminal. You can do this by looking in the Applications menu, under Accessories.
2. Next, copy the following text into the terminal and hit enter:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aheck/ppa

   This should prompt you for your password.
3. Then, run the following command:

   sudo apt-get update

4. Finally, enter

   sudo apt-get install rubyripper-gtk

And that's it! Rubyripper should now be in the applications Applications menu under Sound & Video.

Uninstallation
If you find you are unhappy with Rubyripper, for whatever reason, uninstalling is a snap.

1. Simply open up the Ubuntu Software Center under the Applications menu.
2. Search for "rubyripper" and press the "remove" button next to the search results. Rubyripper will then uninstall.

Further Resources
For more information, check out the Rubyripper home page or HydrogenAudio wiki.

[ghindo]

Please feel free to leave comments and criticism so I can improve this tutorial

[SenatorKane]

Hello,
I followed the howto step by step and everything works fine until the "make install"

The ouput basicly consists of bunch of line like the one below

/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext/parser/ruby.rb:36: command not found: msgmerge ./locale/po/rr_cli.pot tmp.pot
Failed to merge with ./locale/po/rr_cli.pot - skipping!
Please check new .pot in tmp.pot~

the last ones look like this

install -D rr_lib.rb /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rr_lib.rb
install: Entfernen von „/usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rr_lib.rb“ nicht möglich: Permission denied
make: *** [install] Fehler 1

strangely enough starting ruby from applications -> sound&video works, but the buttons are all grey and don't react. Starting ruby from console doesn't work at all.
I'd be gratful for any help you can offer, but please keep it simple

regards

alex

[ghindo]

Did you run "make install" with sudo? The last lines make me think that you don't have sudo permissions...

If you did run

sudo make install

then I would recommend uninstalling Rubyripper and starting over.

[pulsewidth]

This is the second time I've seen someone do a post about Rubyripper in either this forum or a blog, so I thought I'd pass along my experience with this program as well. I've been using it since version 0.4.2 and quite like it, and I seem to recall version 0.5.0 working in 7.10.

I get this when I try to run Rubyripper:

[ernst::interzone::~/build/rubyripper-0.5.0]:-./rubyripper_gtk2.rb 
/home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:413:in `open': Not a directory - /home/ernst/.cddb/d90a4011 (Errno::ENOTDIR)
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:413:in `foreach'
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:413:in `searchLocal'
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:411:in `foreach'
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:411:in `searchLocal'
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:396:in `get_disc_info'
    from /home/ernst/build/rubyripper-0.5.0/rr_lib.rb:378:in `freedb'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:176:in `scan_drive'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:165:in `initialize'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:165:in `new'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:165:in `scan_drive'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:67:in `initialize'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:1082:in `new'
    from ./rubyripper_gtk2.rb:1082

and Rubyripper crashes. There was a patch available at the Rubyripper Google Code site, but it esseitially broke the Freedb search, necessitating manual title entry.

Version 0.4.4 of Rubyripper works just fine in 8.04. Hopefully the developer, or someone who knows Ruby, sorts this out.

[ghindo]

Weird. I wish I could help you out, but I can't decipher any of that. At least 0.4.4 works. Hopefully the next version will work for you.

[ghindo]

Minor update: Changed from Rubyripper version 0.5.0 to 0.5.1.

Fixes included in Rubyripper 0.5.1:

---------0.5.1 RELEASE------

* important fix that prevents creating corrupted wav files
* move over to one single language file
* make ruby-gettext optionally
* single file ripping supported
* cuesheet support
* some small fixes all over the place

Cuesheets are finally supported Have fun, kids!

[ghindo]

Minor update: Changed from Rubyripper version 0.5.1 to 0.5.2.

Fixes included in Rubyripper 0.5.2:

---------0.5.2 RELEASE------
* add a check for permission while reading the cdrom drive
* fix the configure script to obey the not needing ruby-gettext dependency
* fix the terrible state of the command-line client

[Mediapirate]

Brilliant tutorial dude.

I don't think I would have managed to get it installed without your help.

I used it before but can't remember where I got the details to install it from.

Keep updating it also and i'll keep it bookmarked.

[ghindo]

Brilliant tutorial dude.

I don't think I would have managed to get it installed without your help.

I used it before but can't remember where I got the details to install it from.

Keep updating it also and i'll keep it bookmarked.

No problem, glad it helped you out! I'll do my best to keep it updated.