How To Install libisoburn on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisoburn in AlmaLinux 8. libisoburn is Library to enable creation and expansion of ISO-9660 filesystems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisoburn on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libisoburn

Libisoburn is a front-end for libraries libburn and libisofs which enables creation and expansion of ISO-9660 filesystems on all CD/ DVD/BD media supported by libburn. This includes media like DVD+RW, which do not support multi-session management on media level and even plain disk files or block devices. Price for that is thorough specialization on data files in ISO-9660 filesystem images. And so libisoburn is not suitable for audio (CD-DA) or any other CD layout which does not entirely consist of ISO-9660 sessions.

We can use yum or dnf to install libisoburn on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libisoburn.

Install libisoburn 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 libisoburn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libisoburn

Install libisoburn 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 libisoburn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libisoburn

How To Uninstall libisoburn on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the libisoburn package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libisoburn

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisoburn on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.