How To Install cd-discid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cd-discid in Fedora 36. cd-discid is Utility to get CDDB discid information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cd-discid on Fedora 36.

What is `cd-discid`

cd-discid is a backend utility to get CDDB discid information for a CD-ROM disc. It was originally designed for cdgrab (now abcde), but can be used for any purpose requiring CDDB data.

We can use yum or dnf to install cd-discid on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cd-discid.

Install cd-discid on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cd-discid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cd-discid

Install cd-discid on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cd-discid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cd-discid

How To Uninstall cd-discid on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cd-discid package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cd-discid

cd-discid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cd-discid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/84bb9240af9e2a5c83a214d00b8aa41498e69b
/usr/share/doc/cd-discid
/usr/share/doc/cd-discid/README
/usr/share/doc/cd-discid/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/cd-discid
/usr/share/licenses/cd-discid/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cd-discid.1.gz

References

cd-discid website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cd-discid on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).