Interest in Debian packages?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:30 pm
I have been using MakeMKV for some time on Linux but I got tired of going through the manual build steps every time there's a new version so I packaged the two components (-oss and -bin) into Debian packages.
I don't want to just dump binary files into this forum so I will provide the generated .dsc files. If it's appropriate and there is interest I can provide more information.
NB: I used standard Debian tools but made, tested, and am happily using the created packages on MX Linux 25.2.
EDIT: Since the topic was approved I'll provide the `apt info` for these packages:
I don't want to just dump binary files into this forum so I will provide the generated .dsc files. If it's appropriate and there is interest I can provide more information.
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% cat makemkv-oss_1.18.4-1.dsc
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Source: makemkv-oss
Binary: makemkv-oss
Architecture: any
Version: 1.18.4-1
Maintainer: <nobody@nowhere>
Homepage: https://makemkv.com
Standards-Version: 4.7.0
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), build-essential, pkg-config, libc6-dev, libssl-dev (>= 0.9.8), libexpat1-dev, libavcodec-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev, qtbase5-dev, zlib1g-dev
Package-List:
makemkv-oss deb video optional arch=any
Checksums-Sha1:
71c4069c79920b71e4400f4205a1fed4bccd3ac3 6638381 makemkv-oss_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
843142ba921ff158c7a9e38eaa925a2b4eb6a9a7 9156 makemkv-oss_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
Checksums-Sha256:
8590063648d42ec2a958b74573d7022f0f4c334e4e4fe7dd53b70c6e748ba453 6638381 makemkv-oss_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
c63ac02e302e2ce5870f1429fac2859a8d30347eb863995daf0b2ec54edaab0f 9156 makemkv-oss_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
Files:
d595bf1421a43f80246909df460468fe 6638381 makemkv-oss_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
c32c8f1bdaf7a4e60c013aa92cd60e0d 9156 makemkv-oss_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
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% cat makemkv-bin_1.18.4-1.dsc
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Source: makemkv-bin
Binary: makemkv-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.18.4-1
Maintainer: <nobody@nowhere>
Homepage: https://makemkv.com
Standards-Version: 4.7.0
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), makemkv-oss (= 1.18.4-1)
Package-List:
makemkv-bin deb video optional arch=amd64
Checksums-Sha1:
cf2904d8d6f0252583f8023dd8ad24eec0714df6 18803132 makemkv-bin_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
1455c88b81c13811f459bb209e1fffece8b46303 9812 makemkv-bin_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
Checksums-Sha256:
cee56de0baa5531abed16bd862742d308d772b4ab4dae16ee865bf74f04a1608 18803132 makemkv-bin_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
4b58e204560dafff5dad61595bcb713a129a331ae0a88fcb3293bf9559a8d5aa 9812 makemkv-bin_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
Files:
7b13939edcb1e621136233d17f72072c 18803132 makemkv-bin_1.18.4.orig.tar.gz
7c8705ff612e20996f2754a861a79ee1 9812 makemkv-bin_1.18.4-1.debian.tar.xz
EDIT: Since the topic was approved I'll provide the `apt info` for these packages:
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% apt info makemkv-oss
Package: makemkv-oss
Version: 1.18.4-1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: video
Maintainer: <nobody@nowhere>
Installed-Size: 31.8 MB
Depends: libavcodec61 (>= 7:7.1.5), libavutil59 (>= 7:7.1.5), libc6 (>= 2.38), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libqt5core5t64 (>= 5.15.1), libqt5dbus5t64 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5gui5t64 (>= 5.2.0~alpha1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.2.0~alpha1), libqt5widgets5t64 (>= 5.15.1), libssl3t64 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Homepage: https://makemkv.com
Download-Size: unknown
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: DVD and Blu-ray to MKV converter and network streamer (open source component).
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% apt info makemkv-bin
Package: makemkv-bin
Version: 1.18.4-1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: video
Maintainer: <nobody@nowhere>
Installed-Size: 13.5 MB
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), makemkv-oss (>= 1.18.4)
Homepage: https://makemkv.com
Download-Size: unknown
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: DVD and Blu-ray to MKV converter and network streamer (binary component)