How To Install libcdio-utils 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 libcdio-utils on Ubuntu.

What is `libcdio-utils`

libcdio-utils is:

This package contains a collection of small libcdio-based tools:

cd-drive show CD-ROM drive characteristics
cd-info show information about a CD or CD-image
cd-paranoia an audio CD ripper
cd-read read information from a CD or CD-image
cdda-player a simple curses-based audio CD player
iso-info show information about an ISO 9660 image
iso-read read portions of an ISO 9660 image
mmc-tool issue low-level commands to a CD drive

There are three methods to install libcdio-utils 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 libcdio-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcdio-utils

Install libcdio-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcdio-utils

Install libcdio-utils 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 libcdio-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdio-utils

How To Uninstall libcdio-utils on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libcdio-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdio-utils

Uninstall libcdio-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdio-utils

Remove libcdio-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libcdio-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdio-utils

Remove libcdio-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdio-utils

Dependencies

libcdio-utils have the following dependencies:

References

libcdio-utils website

Summary

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