Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 41. CD/DVD-Writing Utilities

Cdrtools-2.01

Introduction to Cdrtools

The Cdrtools package contains CD recording utilities. These are useful for reading, creating or writing (burning) Compact Discs.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.5 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Cdrtools

Installation of Cdrtools

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Note

Installation of Cdrtools will fail if raw kernel headers are found in /usr/src/linux either as actual files or a symlink. As of the Linux 2.6 kernel series, this directory should no longer exist because appropriate headers were installed in the linux-libc-headers package during the base LFS installation.

When creating an ISO 9660 image with mkisofs, the character set of the filenames used must be specified unless it is ISO-8859-1, the default. If the character set is not specified correctly, then non-ASCII filenames will be unreadable on other systems, such as Microsoft Windows. This patch allows any input character set supported by Glibc (such as UTF-8) to be specified to mkisofs, as opposed of the short list of built-in encodings. Also, the default input character set is set to that of the current locale, which is the correct behavior. To address this situation, apply the mkisofs_iconv patch: 

patch -Np1 -i ../cdrtools-2.01-mkisofs_iconv-1.patch

The cdrecord program has hard-coded non-ASCII characters in its messages. Since these characters are part of the ISO-8859-1 character set, they will not be displayed correctly in locales that use a different character set, such as UTF-8. The following patch converts these characters to ASCII approximations: 

patch -Np1 -i ../cdrtools-2.01-ascii-2.patch

Cdrtools contains several functions that conflict with functions in Glibc. Apply the following patch to correct this: 

patch -Np1 -i ../cdrtools-2.01-glibc_conflicts-3.patch

Install Cdrtools by running the following commands: 

make INS_BASE=/usr DEFINSUSR=root DEFINSGRP=root

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make INS_BASE=/usr DEFINSUSR=root DEFINSGRP=root install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/cdrtools-2.01 &&
install -v -m644 README* ABOUT doc/*.ps \
    /usr/share/doc/cdrtools-2.01

Command Explanations

INS_BASE=/usr: This parameter moves the install directory from /opt/schily to /usr.

DEFINSUSR=root DEFINSGRP=root: These parameters install all programs with root:root ownership instead of the default bin:bin.

Contents

Installed Programs: cdda2wav, cdrecord, devdump, isodebug, isodump, isoinfo, isovfy, mkhybrid, mkisofs, readcd, rscsi, scgcheck, and skel
Installed Libraries: libdeflt.a, libedc_ecc.a, libfile.a, libhfs.a, libparanoia.a, librscg.a, libscg.a, libschily.a, and libunls.a
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

cdda2wav

converts Compact Disc audio into WAV sound files.

cdrecord

records audio or data Compact Discs.

devdump

is a diagnostic program used to dump an ISO-9660 device or file in hex.

isodebug

is used to display the command-line parameters used to create an ISO-9660 image.

isodump

is a diagnostic program used to dump a device or file based on ISO-9660.

isoinfo

is used to analyze or list an ISO-9660 image.

isovfy

is used to verify an ISO-9660 image.

mkhybrid

is a symbolic link to mkisofs used to create ISO-9660/HFS hybrid filesystem images.

mkisofs

is used to create ISO-9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem images, optionally with Rock Ridge attributes.

readcd

reads or writes Compact Discs.

rscsi

is a remote SCSI manager.

scgcheck

is used to check and verify the Application Binary Interface of libscg.

libscg.a

is a highly portable SCSI transport library.

Last updated on 2010-04-21 19:10:06 +0000