How To Install brasero on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brasero on Ubuntu.

What is `brasero`

brasero is:

Brasero is a simple application to burn, copy and erase CD and DVD media: audio, video or data. It features among other things:

On-the-fly burning
Multisession support
On-the-fly conversion of music playlists in all formats supported by GStreamer

This package contains the standalone app.

The following packages, if installed, will provide Brasero with added functionality:

cdrdao to burn combined data/audio CDs and for byte-to-byte copy
GStreamer backends to support more audio formats
vcdimager to create VCDs or SVCDs
libdvdcss2 to copy encrypted DVDs
tracker to search for video, audio, image and document files

There are three methods to install brasero on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install brasero Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brasero

Install brasero Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brasero

Install brasero 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 brasero using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brasero

How To Uninstall brasero on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove brasero

Uninstall brasero And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brasero

Remove brasero Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge brasero

Remove brasero configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brasero

Dependencies

brasero have the following dependencies:

References

brasero website

Summary

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