How To Install genisovh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genisovh
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is genisovh
genisovh is:
Genisovh creates a Disk Volume Header (dvh) on a CD image and records bootable images therein. This allows the SGI firmware to boot those images without needing knowledge about the filesystem on the CD image.
There are three methods to install genisovh
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 genisovh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install genisovh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genisovh
Install genisovh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genisovh
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genisovh
Install genisovh 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 genisovh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genisovh
How To Uninstall genisovh on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the genisovh
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genisovh
Uninstall genisovh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genisovh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genisovh
Remove genisovh Configurations and Data
To remove genisovh
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genisovh
Remove genisovh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genisovh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genisovh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genisovh
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.