How To Install cdtool on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdtool on Ubuntu 20.04. cdtool is text-based audio CD player and CD-ROM control commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdtool on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cdtool

cdtool is:

cdtool contains cdplay, cdeject, cdstop, cdpause, and several other programs for playing audio CDs and controlling a CD-ROM drive from the command line and in a quick and scriptable way.

cdown reads track info and queries a CDDB database for info on the current CD. cdctrl is a command line utility for controlling a CD-ROM drive interactively and from scripts. cdir keeps track of the contents of different CDs using a workman-compatible database.

There are three methods to install cdtool 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 cdtool Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cdtool using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cdtool

Install cdtool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cdtool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cdtool

Install cdtool 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 cdtool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cdtool

How To Uninstall cdtool on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cdtool

Uninstall cdtool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cdtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdtool

Remove cdtool Configurations and Data

To remove cdtool configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cdtool

Remove cdtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cdtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdtool

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cdtool package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.