A convenient little script to install MakeMKV on Linux + Python wrapper which determines the version number automatically

install_makemkv.py

import os
import re
import requests
import sys

FORUM_PAGE = 'https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224'
DOWNLOAD_SITE = 'https://www.makemkv.com/download'
FORUM_PAGE_BETA_KEY = 'https://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053'
CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(
    os.path.expanduser('~'),
    '.MakeMKV',
    'settings.conf')


def get_version():
    page_request = requests.get(FORUM_PAGE)
    # For some reason the server has started to send Loop Detected (HTTP 508)
    # error code but when ignoring it everything seems to be still working.
    if page_request.status_code != 508:
        page_request.raise_for_status()
    r = re.search(
        r'a href="%s/makemkv-bin-(.*?)\.tar\.gz"' % (DOWNLOAD_SITE),
        page_request.text)
    if not r:
        raise RuntimeError('No version found.')
    return r.group(1)


def get_beta_key():
    page_request = requests.get(FORUM_PAGE_BETA_KEY)
    page_request.raise_for_status()
    r = re.search(
        r'<code>(.*?)</code>',
        page_request.text)
    if not r:
        raise RuntimeError('No beta key found.')
    return r.group(1)


def write_beta_key(beta_key):
    if os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE):
        with open(CONFIG_FILE) as config_file_obj:
            cont = config_file_obj.read()
        new_cont = re.sub(
            'app_Key = ".*?"',
            'app_Key = "%s"' % (beta_key),
            cont)
    else:
        cont = ''
        new_cont = 'app_Key = "%s"\n' % (beta_key)

    if cont != new_cont:
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(CONFIG_FILE))
        with open(CONFIG_FILE, 'w') as config_file_obj:
            config_file_obj.write(new_cont)


def main():
    print('Getting version info from', FORUM_PAGE)
    version = get_version()
    print('Found version:', version)

    print('Getting beta key from', FORUM_PAGE_BETA_KEY)
    beta_key = get_beta_key()
    print('Found beta key:', beta_key)

    print('Installing MakeMKV')
    os.system('bash install_makemkv.sh %s' % (version))

    print('Writing beta key to', CONFIG_FILE)
    write_beta_key(beta_key)

    print('All done.')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

install_makemkv.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 1.8.0"
    echo "to download and install MakeMKV 1.8.0"
    exit 1
fi

# Collect sudo credentials
sudo -v

VER="$1"
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`

# Install prerequisites
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libavcodec-dev libgl1-mesa-dev qtbase5-dev zlib1g-dev

# Install this version of MakeMKV
pushd $TMPDIR

for PKG in bin oss; do
    PKGDIR="makemkv-$PKG-$VER"
    PKGFILE="$PKGDIR.tar.gz"

    wget "http://www.makemkv.com/download/$PKGFILE"
    tar xzf $PKGFILE

    pushd $PKGDIR
    # pre-1.8.6 version
    if [ -e "./makefile.linux" ]; then
        make -f makefile.linux
        sudo make -f makefile.linux install

    # post-1.8.6 version
    else
        if [ -e "./configure" ]; then
            ./configure
        fi
        mkdir tmp
        echo -n accepted >tmp/eula_accepted
        make
        sudo make install
    fi

    popd
done

popd

# Remove temporary directory
if [ -e "$TMPDIR" ]; then rm -rf $TMPDIR; fi

requirements.txt

requests