How To Install dvd+rw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvd+rw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dvd+rw-tools
dvd+rw-tools is:
The dvd+rw-tools suite makes it possible to burn DVD images created by dvdauthor or genisoimage to DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW disks, replacing cdrecord-proDVD in many cases.
This package contains dvd+rw-mediainfo (to give details about DVD disks), and some programs to control the write speed and obtain information from DVD-RAM.
Additionally, it depends on the growisofs package to provide the main front-end for burning DVD-like media.
There are three methods to install dvd+rw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dvd+rw-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvd+rw-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvd+rw-tools
Install dvd+rw-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvd+rw-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvd+rw-tools
Install dvd+rw-tools 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 dvd+rw-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvd+rw-tools
How To Uninstall dvd+rw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dvd+rw-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvd+rw-tools
Uninstall dvd+rw-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvd+rw-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvd+rw-tools
Remove dvd+rw-tools Configurations and Data
To remove dvd+rw-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvd+rw-tools
Remove dvd+rw-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvd+rw-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvd+rw-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvd+rw-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
