How To Install libcdio-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-utils on Debian 9.
What is libcdio-utils
libcdio-utils is:
This package contains a collection of small libcdio-based tools:
- cd-drive show CD-ROM drive characteristics
- cd-info show information about a CD or CD-image
- cd-paranoia an audio CD ripper
- cd-read read information from a CD or CD-image
- cdda-player a simple curses-based audio CD player
- iso-info show information about an ISO 9660 image
- iso-read read portions of an ISO 9660 image
- mmc-tool issue low-level commands to a CD drive
There are three methods to install libcdio-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcdio-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcdio-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcdio-utils
Install libcdio-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcdio-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcdio-utils
Install libcdio-utils 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 libcdio-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcdio-utils
How To Uninstall libcdio-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcdio-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcdio-utils
Uninstall libcdio-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcdio-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdio-utils
Remove libcdio-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libcdio-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcdio-utils
Remove libcdio-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcdio-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdio-utils
Dependencies
libcdio-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.