How To Install cdrdao on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdrdao on Kali Linux.

What is cdrdao

cdrdao is:

cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode based on a textual description of the CD contents.

Recording in disk-at-once mode writes the complete disc, i.e. lead-in, one or more tracks and lead-out, in a single step. The commonly used track-at-once (TAO) mode writes each track independently which requires link blocks between two tracks. You probably want to use this if you’re copying a CD with multiple tracks, like most audio CDs.

cdrdao can also handle the bin/cue format commonly used for VCDs or disks with subchannel data.

If you just want to burn a normal data CD, you probably want wodim instead.

There are three methods to install cdrdao 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 cdrdao Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdrdao

Install cdrdao Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cdrdao using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cdrdao

Install cdrdao 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 cdrdao using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cdrdao

How To Uninstall cdrdao on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cdrdao package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cdrdao

Uninstall cdrdao And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdrdao

Remove cdrdao Configurations and Data

To remove cdrdao configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cdrdao

Remove cdrdao configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdrdao

Dependencies

cdrdao have the following dependencies:

• libao4
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libvorbisfile3

References

• cdrdao website

Summary

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