How To Install wodim.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install wodim.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. wodim.x86_64 is A command line CD/DVD recording program

Introduction

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

What is `wodim.x86_64`

Wodim is an application for creating audio and data CDs. Wodim works with many different brands of CD recorders, fully supports multi-sessions and provides human-readable error messages.

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

Install wodim.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 wodim.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wodim.x86_64

How To Uninstall wodim.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove wodim.x86_64

wodim.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/cdrecord
/usr/bin/devdump
/usr/bin/dvdrecord
/usr/bin/readom
/usr/bin/wodim
/usr/sbin/netscsid
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/FORK
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.ATAPI
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.ATAPI.setup
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.audio
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.cdplus
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.cdtext
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.copy
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.multi
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.netscsid
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.sony
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.suidroot
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/READMEs/README.verify
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/START
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim/README.DiskT@2
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim/README.WORM
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim/README.cdrw
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim/README.clone
/usr/share/doc/wodim-1.1.11/wodim/README.raw
/usr/share/man/man1/devdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/netscsid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wodim.1.gz

References

wodim.x86_64 website

Summary

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