How To Install burn on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install burn on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is burn
burn is:
‘burn’ is a command-line tool to create audio discs from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or WAV files, to backup data files, to create discs from ISO-9660 images, and to copy discs on-the-fly. It performs any of its functions in a single command, without requiring preparatory filesystem creation, etc.
The program can compute if there is necessary free space for temporary files (images and audio files), warn if size is bigger than disc capacity, and manage multisession discs.
There are three methods to install burn on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install burn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install burn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install burn
Install burn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install burn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install burn
Install burn 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install burn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install burn
How To Uninstall burn on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the burn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove burn
Uninstall burn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall burn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove burn
Remove burn Configurations and Data
To remove burn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge burn
Remove burn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove burn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge burn
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install burn package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
