installing cdrecord tar gz

[Dutch_64]

Hello ,

would anybody be willing to post step by step info on how to install the latest cdrecord tar gz ?

i'm completely new to linux and i aint got a clue on how to install tar gz files

i'm running Mandrake 9.0 with KDE 3 and my burner is a Plextor 8432

thanks for your time .

[mdwatts]

I would think Mandrake 9.0 would already include just about the latest version of cdrecord.

rpm -q cdrecord

or

rpm -qa | grep cdrecord

Is that the actual problem you are having, OR is it you cannot find or use your cdwriter?

Check the Mandrake website (documentation etc.) for suggestions on setting up and using cdwriters.

I would really think Mandrake 9.0 would setup the cdwriter automatically.

Does

cdrecord -scanbus

show the Plextor?

[bwkaz]

You probably don't want to install cdrecord.tar.gz, as the cdrecord package has been replaced by the cdrtools package. The cdrecord.tar.gz that you have may be an old version.

But regardless of that, your distro CDs should have a cdrtools package on them -- I'd say to install that instead, unless you have an overwhelming need to do it from source...

[Dutch_64]

i got it runnimg , thanks ya'll :)