divxenc software package provides shell script to encode DVDs to FMP4/DivX, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install divxenc
divxenc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the divxenc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep divxenc *
You will get with divxenc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | divxenc |
| Version | 1.6.4-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | shell script to encode DVDs to FMP4/DivX |
| Sub Section | Utils |