How To Install burn on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install burn on Debian 9. burn is command-line tool for writing optical media

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install burn on Debian 9.

What is burn

burn is:

??burn?? is a command-line tool to create audio discs from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or WAV files, to backup data files, to create discs from ISO-9660 images, and to copy discs on-the-fly. It performs any of its functions in a single command, without requiring preparatory filesystem creation, etc.

The program can compute if there is necessary free space for temporary files (images and audio files), warn if size is bigger than disc capacity, and manage multisession discs.

There are three methods to install burn on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install burn Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install burn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install burn

Install burn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install burn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install burn

Install burn Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install burn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install burn

How To Uninstall burn on Debian 9

To uninstall only the burn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove burn

Uninstall burn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall burn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove burn

Remove burn Configurations and Data

To remove burn configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge burn

Remove burn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove burn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge burn

Dependencies

burn have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install burn package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.