How To Install libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libcdio.x86_64 is CD-ROM input and control library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libcdio.x86_64`

This library provides an interface for CD-ROM access. It can be used by applications that need OS- and device-independent access to CD-ROM devices.

We can use yum to install libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcdio.x86_64.

Install libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcdio.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcdio.x86_64

How To Uninstall libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libcdio.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libcdio.x86_64

libcdio.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/cd-drive
/usr/bin/cd-info
/usr/bin/cd-read
/usr/bin/cdda-player
/usr/bin/iso-info
/usr/bin/iso-read
/usr/bin/mmc-tool
/usr/lib64/libcdio++.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcdio++.so.0.0.2
/usr/lib64/libcdio.so.15
/usr/lib64/libcdio.so.15.0.0
/usr/lib64/libiso9660++.so.0
/usr/lib64/libiso9660++.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libiso9660.so.9
/usr/lib64/libiso9660.so.9.0.0
/usr/lib64/libudf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libudf.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/README
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/README.libcdio
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libcdio-0.92/TODO
/usr/share/info/libcdio.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cd-drive.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cd-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cd-read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iso-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iso-read.1.gz

References

libcdio.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.