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  k3b can't find cdrecord Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2016-12-28 18:30 +0100
    Re: k3b can't find cdrecord Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2016-12-28 18:40 +0100
    Re: k3b can't find cdrecord Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2016-12-28 18:40 +0100
      Re: k3b can't find cdrecord Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2016-12-28 19:10 +0100
        Re: k3b can't find cdrecord Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com> - 2017-01-04 16:30 +0100

#176012 — k3b can't find cdrecord

I'm running Debian/Stretch AMD64 using plasma desktop and I'm trying to 
burn a CD image. However when I start k3b, I get an error message 
"unable to find cdrecord executable" along with the suggestion that I 
install cdrtools. K3b refuses to burn the CD image.

There is no package cdrtools but there was libcdr-tools. Unfortunately 
installing that didn't help. Google was no help and neither was a search 
of packages.debian.org.

I realize optical media is passé these days, but I find it difficult to 
believe that support for burning CDs has been dropped. What do I have to 
do to get k3b to burn a CD?

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#176013

On 28/12/16 11:29 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
> I'm running Debian/Stretch AMD64 using plasma desktop and I'm trying 
> to burn a CD image. However when I start k3b, I get an error message 
> "unable to find cdrecord executable" along with the suggestion that I 
> install cdrtools. K3b refuses to burn the CD image.
>
> There is no package cdrtools but there was libcdr-tools. Unfortunately 
> installing that didn't help. Google was no help and neither was a 
> search of packages.debian.org.
>
> I realize optical media is passé these days, but I find it difficult 
> to believe that support for burning CDs has been dropped. What do I 
> have to do to get k3b to burn a CD?
>

OK, got it. I tried to use wodim from the command line and didn't have 
permission. Changing it to a+x allowed k3b to find it.

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#176014

Gary Dale writes:

> I'm running Debian/Stretch AMD64 using plasma desktop and I'm trying
> to burn a CD image. However when I start k3b, I get an error message
> "unable to find cdrecord executable" along with the suggestion that I
> install cdrtools. K3b refuses to burn the CD image.
>
> There is no package cdrtools but there was libcdr-tools. Unfortunately
> installing that didn't help. Google was no help and neither was a
> search of packages.debian.org.
>
> I realize optical media is passé these days, but I find it difficult
> to believe that support for burning CDs has been dropped. What do I
> have to do to get k3b to burn a CD?
>
>

You can install wodim, this is what I use and it works fine.

-- 
Alberto

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#176016

On 28/12/16 12:34 PM, Alberto Luaces wrote:
> Gary Dale writes:
>
>> I'm running Debian/Stretch AMD64 using plasma desktop and I'm trying
>> to burn a CD image. However when I start k3b, I get an error message
>> "unable to find cdrecord executable" along with the suggestion that I
>> install cdrtools. K3b refuses to burn the CD image.
>>
>> There is no package cdrtools but there was libcdr-tools. Unfortunately
>> installing that didn't help. Google was no help and neither was a
>> search of packages.debian.org.
>>
>> I realize optical media is passé these days, but I find it difficult
>> to believe that support for burning CDs has been dropped. What do I
>> have to do to get k3b to burn a CD?
>>
>>
> You can install wodim, this is what I use and it works fine.
>
Had wodim installed for a long time. One thing I find strange is that 
the k3b package still refers to cdrecord instead of to wodim since it 
appears to use wodim natively (locate doesn't find a cdrecord link to 
wodim).

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#176297

On Wednesday, 12/28/16 01:00:52 PM Gary Dale wrote:
> On 28/12/16 12:34 PM, Alberto Luaces wrote:
> > Gary Dale writes:
> >> I'm running Debian/Stretch AMD64 using plasma desktop and I'm trying
> >> to burn a CD image. However when I start k3b, I get an error message
> >> "unable to find cdrecord executable" along with the suggestion that I
> >> install cdrtools. K3b refuses to burn the CD image.
> >> 
> >> There is no package cdrtools but there was libcdr-tools. Unfortunately
> >> installing that didn't help. Google was no help and neither was a
> >> search of packages.debian.org.
> >> 
> >> I realize optical media is passé these days, but I find it difficult
> >> to believe that support for burning CDs has been dropped. What do I
> >> have to do to get k3b to burn a CD?
> > 
> > You can install wodim, this is what I use and it works fine.
> 
> Had wodim installed for a long time. One thing I find strange is that
> the k3b package still refers to cdrecord instead of to wodim since it
> appears to use wodim natively (locate doesn't find a cdrecord link to
> wodim).

I think this is what you are looking for:

If you open K3b, go to the settings menu, choose "configure K3b", and then in 
the Settings - K3b screen choose "Programs" you will see how cdrecord is 
linked to wodim.  (and lots of other useful stuff)

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