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I'm trying to run `mkisofs` in BL but I receive "command not found". I can't find it using `apt show` either. It recommends to install `genisoimage` as it is contained within that package, however the `mkisofs` within that package is just a symlink back to `genisoimage` and I read that `genisoimage` is dead and can create filesystems with defects so I'd just prefer to get hold of the actual `mkisofs`.
Does anyone know how to obtain `mkisofs` as it doesn't seem to be available standalone as part of Debian's packages.
Last edited by jimjamz (2017-05-02 14:04:46)
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https://wiki.debian.org/genisoimage...
Replacement in most uses cases, especially for bootable ISO 9660 filesystems, archiving, and backup, is xorrisofs which starts the -as mkisofs emulation mode of program xorriso.
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It seems that Ubuntu may have decided on not using a replacement, as this guide (less than a year old) is fully making use of the default `mkisofs`.
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Hi,
for Ubuntu there is a user provided PPA with mkisofs and cdrecord:
https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+a … u/cdrtools
The original mkisofs is available as part of the cdrtools source tarball.
The current release is probably
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrtoo … z/download
The Debian meta-package "build-essential" should provide all tools
needed for building mkisofs from cdrtools-3.01.tar.gz.
Having said this, be invited to try xorrisofs, the mkisofs emulation of
my program xorriso.
Have a nice day
Thomas
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for Ubuntu there is a user provided PPA with mkisofs and cdrecord:
https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+a … u/cdrtools
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Hi,
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
> Please do not add Ubuntu PPAs to BunsenLabs, they may break your system.
I do not want to instigate such a mishap.
> https://wiki.debian.org/CreatePackageFromPPA
This looks even more complicated than building cdrtools from source
and running mkisofs from the place where it was built. I.e. without
installation as superuser and thus no risk to interfere with the system.
So most simple will be to install xorriso and check whether xorrisofs
covers the use cases which jimjamz has in mind. Report any problems to me.
genisoimage is not too bad either. It has its bugs which will hardly get
ever fixed. But for the old use cases, especially single session video
DVD, it is still ok.
Have a nice day
Thomas
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Hi,
Thanks for your comments. I decided to use xorrisofs, as suggested.
Kind regards.
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Thank you for flying xorriso.
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