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cdw


Information about the package, cdw, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cdw package is designed for, Front-end for tools used for burning data CD/DVD.


Package Name:

cdw

Summary:

Front-end for tools used for burning data CD/DVD

Description:

cdw is a ncurses based front-end for some command-line tools used for burning data CD and DVD discs and for related tasks. The tools are: cdrecord/wodim, mkisofs/genisoimage, growisofs, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd+rw-format, and xorriso (if xorriso is installed). cdw is able to rip tracks from your audio CD to raw audio files. Limited support for copying content of data CD and DVD discs to image files is also provided. cdw can verify correctness of writing ISO9660 image to CD or DVD disc using md5sum or some of programs that verifies SHA hashes.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.7.1

Release:

3.el6

Size:

147 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for cdw


Control the cdw package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install cdw

This command will install cdw on the server.

yum remove cdw

This command will un-install cdw on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cdw, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove cdw

This command will un-install cdw on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cdw when using the -y flag.

yum update cdw

This command will update cdw to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cdw, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update cdw

This command will update cdw to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cdw when using the -y flag.

yum info cdw

This command will show you core information about the cdw package.

yum deplist cdw

This command will show you the dependencies for cdw. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update cdw

This command will check if there is an update waiting on cdw. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.