How To Install cdw on Debian 10

Learn how to install cdw on Debian 10 with this tutorial. cdw is Tool for burning CDs - console version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdw on Debian 10.

What is cdw

cdw is:

Ncurses-based frontend for wodim and genisoimage. It can handle audio and data CD burning, through a CD image or directly from the files.

There are three methods to install cdw on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cdw Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdw

Install cdw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cdw

Install cdw 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install cdw

How To Uninstall cdw on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove cdw

Uninstall cdw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cdw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdw

Remove cdw Configurations and Data

To remove cdw configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cdw

Remove cdw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdw

Dependencies

cdw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdw package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.