How To Install cdrskin on Debian 12

Learn how to install cdrskin on Debian 12 with this tutorial. cdrskin is command line CD/DVD/BD writing tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdrskin on Debian 12.

What is cdrskin

cdrskin is:

cdrskin strives to be a second source for the services traditionally provided by cdrecord. It writes data sessions to CD, DVD, or BD media. To CD media it may also write audio sessions. Multi-session is possible on all media types except DVD-R DL and fastly blanked DVD-RW.

This is a burner-only application. If you want a burner and ISO 9660 image manipulation application, please install the xorriso package.

There are three methods to install cdrskin on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cdrskin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdrskin

Install cdrskin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cdrskin

Install cdrskin 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 cdrskin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cdrskin

How To Uninstall cdrskin on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove cdrskin

Uninstall cdrskin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cdrskin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdrskin

Remove cdrskin Configurations and Data

To remove cdrskin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cdrskin

Remove cdrskin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdrskin

Dependencies

cdrskin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdrskin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.