How To Install libcdio-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.