How to Install and Uninstall growisofs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "growisofs" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install growisofs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                growisofs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "growisofs" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall growisofs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                growisofs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the growisofs package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: growisofs
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 204
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Optical Media Tools Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: dvd+rw-tools
Version: 7.1-11
Replaces: dvd+rw-tools (<< 7.1-9)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Breaks: dvd+rw-tools (<< 7.1-9)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dvd+rw-tools/growisofs_7.1-11_amd64.deb
Size: 69940
MD5sum: 587408c8992582643274e162b0d5281d
SHA1: ce59235f0020475e8ffa2a714ac9c9158e433f6f
SHA256: ee0c09a61d5c02bbb4372eaed1d826430da6d1d280da5b59d65295862dd33f5c
Description-en: DVD+-RW/R recorder
growisofs is a general purpose DVD recording program that supports:
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* 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.
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growisofs is able to either write pre-created ISO images or create them
on-the-fly (by calling genisoimage).
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This package also contains dvd+rw-format, a utility to format a DVD+RW media.
Description-md5: 11a5fa8747e3713569def36f6fbc2b0e
Homepage: http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-dvd-live, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop