How To Install brasero-cdrkit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install brasero-cdrkit on Kali Linux. brasero-cdrkit is cdrkit extensions for the Brasero burning application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brasero-cdrkit on Kali Linux.

What is brasero-cdrkit

brasero-cdrkit is:

Brasero is a simple application to burn, copy and erase CD and DVD media.

This package contains extensions for Brasero, based on the genisoimage, growisofs, wodim, readom and dvdauthor programs. They are only needed for the following operations in Brasero:

  • Audio CD burning with CD-Text information
  • Video DVD creation

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

Install brasero-cdrkit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brasero-cdrkit

Install brasero-cdrkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brasero-cdrkit

Install brasero-cdrkit Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install brasero-cdrkit

How To Uninstall brasero-cdrkit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the brasero-cdrkit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove brasero-cdrkit

Uninstall brasero-cdrkit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brasero-cdrkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brasero-cdrkit

Remove brasero-cdrkit Configurations and Data

To remove brasero-cdrkit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brasero-cdrkit

Remove brasero-cdrkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brasero-cdrkit

Dependencies

brasero-cdrkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brasero-cdrkit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.