How To Install growisofs 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 growisofs on Ubuntu.
What is growisofs
growisofs is:
growisofs is a general purpose DVD recording program that supports:
- random-access media (DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, plain files, hard disk partitions)
- mastering multisession DVD media (DVD+R, DVD-R/-RW, and Blu-ray Disc)
- first-/single-session recording of arbitrary pre-mastered image (formatted as UDF, ISO9660 or any other file system, if formatted at all) to all supported DVD media types.
growisofs is able to either write pre-created ISO images or create them on-the-fly (by calling genisoimage).
This package also contains dvd+rw-format, a utility to format a DVD+RW media.
There are three methods to install growisofs 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 growisofs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install growisofs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install growisofs
Install growisofs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install growisofs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install growisofs
Install growisofs 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 growisofs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install growisofs
How To Uninstall growisofs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the growisofs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove growisofs
Uninstall growisofs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall growisofs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove growisofs
Remove growisofs Configurations and Data
To remove growisofs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge growisofs
Remove growisofs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove growisofs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge growisofs
Dependencies
growisofs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install growisofs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.