How To Install libburn on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libburn
Libburn is a library by which preformatted data get onto optical media CD, DVD and BD (Blu-Ray). It also offers a facility for reading data blocks from its drives without using the normal block device I/O, which has advantages and disadvantages. It seems appropriate, nevertheless, to do writing and reading via same channel. On several Linux systems, the block device driver needs reloading of the drive tray in order to make available freshly written data. The libburn read function does not need such a reload. The code of libburn is independent of cdrecord.
We can use yum or dnf to install libburn on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libburn.
Install libburn on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libburn using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libburn
Install libburn on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libburn using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libburn
How To Uninstall libburn on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libburn package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libburn
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
