How To Install xorriso on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorriso on AlmaLinux 8.
What is xorriso
Xorriso is a program which copies file objects from POSIX compliant filesystems into Rock Ridge enhanced ISO-9660 filesystems and allows session-wise manipulation of such filesystems. It can load management information of existing ISO images and it writes the session results to optical media or to filesystem objects. Vice versa xorriso is able to copy file objects out of ISO-9660 filesystems. Filesystem manipulation capabilities surpass those of mkisofs. Xorriso is especially suitable for backups, because of its high fidelity of file attribute recording and its incremental update sessions. Optical supported media DVD-RAM, BD-R and BD-RE.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorriso on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorriso.
Install xorriso 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 xorriso using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorriso
Install xorriso 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 xorriso using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorriso
How To Uninstall xorriso on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the xorriso package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorriso
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorriso on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.