Re: How do I start the Handbrake GUI?

[Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com>]

On 2025-04-25 20:39, David wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 at 16:55, Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> 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.