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Re: k3b can't find cdrecord

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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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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

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