Won't let me accept the EULA

[rjmxrjmx]

I'm trying to build bin-1.17.5 for Debian, but it won't let me accept the EULA. 'less' displays the copyright notice all right, but when I hit 'q' to get out of that, it doesn't ask me to accept the EULA, assumes that I won't, and stops. How to get past this?

[Woodstock]

There has been an issue in the past when people copy/paste keys in place, usually with Windows, but it could hit either Linux or Mac.

Make sure the copied key ONLY includes the key, and no finicky bits (like formatting).

[rjmxrjmx]

Thanks. I don’t get asked for keys at all, although I should have one (somewhere …). I was able to build makemkv outside Debian, but I’d still like to get it done that way (makes for better software management: I don’t intend to distribute it). How do I add a key?

[dcoke22]

In the GUI, there should be a 'register' option. It is in the Help menu on macOS.

If you want to register MakeMKV on the command line: How to add license for a machine that only runs makemkvcon

[rjmxrjmx]

OK, I've figured it out.

I knew it wasn't a problem with licensing, because makeMKV ran fine when I installed it manually. I wanted to make proper Debian .deb files so that it was integrated into the system. Here's how I did it.

- Run dh_make on both the -oss and -bin sources.
- dpkg-buildpackage -e<email address> works fine to build the -oss package
- Go into the -bin directory and run 'make'. This allows you to agree with the EULA.
- Then run dpkg-buildpackage -e<email address> --no-pre-clean

This should create the -bin .deb package.