How To Install libburn on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn on CentOS 7. libburn is Library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn on CentOS 7.

What is libburn

Libburn is an open-source library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs. For now this means only CD-R and CD-RW. The project comprises of several more or less interdependent parts which together strive to be a usable foundation for application development. These are libraries, language bindings, and middleware binaries which emulate classical (and valuable) Linux tools. Libburn is an open-source library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs. For now this means only CD-R and CD-RW. The project comprises of several more or less interdependent parts which together strive to be a usable foundation for application development. These are libraries, language bindings, and middleware binaries which emulate classical (and valuable) Linux tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install libburn on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libburn.

Install libburn on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libburn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libburn

Install libburn on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libburn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libburn

How To Uninstall libburn on CentOS 7

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 CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.