Unpatched cdrecord for webCDwriter

webCDwriter uses the command line tool cdrecord to control the writer(s) and to burn CDs. Since there are various patches for cdrecord that do not work well or at all with webCDwriter, it is recommended to use an unpatched cdrecord with webCDwriter. You may either use an installer or compile and install from the source package.

The below methods will not change your global cdrecord.

Statically linked binary installer (Linux i686 only)

To install a statically linked original cdrecord-2.00.3 for webCDwriter

1. Get the installer webCDwriter-cdrecord-2.00.3-installer.sh (348098 bytes)
2. Become root by

   bash# su

3. Run

   bash# sh webCDwriter-cdrecord-2.00.3-installer.sh

Installation from the source package

If you do not like precompiled binaries, you may install an original cdrecord-2.00.3 for webCDwriter from the source package by

1. Get the original cdrtools-2.00.3.tar.gz from BerliOS.de
2. Unpack and compile it by

   bash# tar xzvf cdrtools-2.00.3.tar.gz bash# cd cdrtools-2.00.3 bash# make

3. Install cdrecord for webCDwriter >= 2.6.5 by

   bash# su bash# cp -f cdrecord/OBJ/*/cdrecord /var/CDWserver/bin/ bash# chown root.cdwserve /var/CDWserver/bin/cdrecord bash# chmod 4750 /var/CDWserver/bin/cdrecord

   and for webCDwriter <= 2.6.4 by

   bash# su bash# cp -f cdrecord/OBJ/*/cdrecord /home/CDWserver/bin/ bash# chown root.cdwriter /home/CDWserver/bin/cdrecord bash# chmod 4750 /home/CDWserver/bin/cdrecord

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