How to burn an CD in 12.1?

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#1

I can’t even burn CDs in 12.1 …

i am getting the error

Please install the following manually and try again:
cdrecord (application).

#2

Follow this according to your install type
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/61-re-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html

#3

I added everything there, but there is still not “Cdrecord” application…

#4

Did you install these two packages?

wodim cdrkit-cdrtools-compat

#5

What are you trying to use to burn with?

I recommend k3b (even in gnome)

#6

That, and instead of installing wodim (which is a completely broken fork of cdrtools) I highly recommend installing the original cdrtools from source (since they don’t ship with OpenSuSE).

Just download cdrtools-3.00.tar.bz2 from here: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord.

Then unpack the archive:

tar xvfj cdrtools-3.00.tar.bz2

And finally (as root) run:

cd <your download dir>/cdrtools-3.00
make
make install

Then (assuming you’re using k3b, which you should) go to Settings -> Configure k3b
Click programs and then the search button. You should see that instead of wodim /opt/schily/bin/cdrecord is selected. (if not, click on the “Search path” tab, add /opt/schily/bin and try the search again).

Now you should be ready to burn anything that you like.

#7

On 2012-01-20 13:16, lpwevers wrote:
>
> That, and instead of installing wodim (which is a completely broken fork
> of cdrtools) I highly recommend installing the original cdrtools from
> source (since they don’t ship with OpenSuSE).

Have you searched for it? It is there, ready made rpm.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

#8

Actually I had, but didn’t find it. I only found some compatibility rpm that contains simlinks. But if it’s there I agree that would be much more convenient.

#9

On 2012-01-21 09:36, lpwevers wrote:

> Actually I had, but didn’t find it. I only found some compatibility rpm
> that contains simlinks. But if it’s there I agree that would be much
> more convenient.

<http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cdrtools&baseproject=openSUSE%3A12.1&lang=en&exclude_debug=true>

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

#10

Thanks, my life is a lot easier again. I just hope this helps the poster of the original thread as well.