Software Package: K3B
Webiste: http://k3b.plainblack.com/
Description:
K3B is an all in one intuative graphical user solution to burning cds
and dvds on linux. This is available on almost every major linux
distrobution and is a free and open source product. The graphical user
interface is really easy to use and set up and allows you to burn media
cds/dvds, data cds/dvds, isos and much more through a simple dragging
and dropping.Â
 Quick Start Installation:
Open Terminal: Applications->Accessories->TerminalÂ
Type the following command based on your distrobution:
Debian or Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install k3b
Fedora, Redhat, CentOS:
su -c "yum install k3b"
Installation:
To
install k3b you should first check under the sound and video tab of
your start menu. If you cannot see k3b there then either follow the
quick installation instructions above or follow the instructions for
installing the program using the graphical user interface below.
1.
Click the system tab in your gnome panel and then administration. Now
click on Synaptic Package Manager.
(System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager).Â
2.
With Synaptic Package manager enter your root password when prompted.
You set this up when you installed the system. This may or may not be
your user password depending on how you set up the passwords.Â
3. Click the search button in the top panel and search for k3b.
4. Right click the package named k3b and choose to mark for installation.Â
5.
Click apply changes and wait for the program to install. You will then
be able to find it under the sound and audio tab of the gnome panel
menu or by pressing alt+f2 you will be able to write in k3b and launch
the application.
Troubleshooting:Â
1. I
cannot find the project k3b when I search for it in synaptic package
manager. In this situation go to settings->repositories and make
sure the main and universe repositories are checked. Refresh your
search and you should be able to see the application.
2. It won't
install its taking ages and the download is just going back and forth.
This usually is a result of a system lock where you are installting
another application or update the system. If this is true the
installation will continue after these updates. However a slow download
may also be a result of internet or hardware problems. I will talk
about this in a later tutorial.Â
3. When I try and do the quick
install it says I do not have the privliages. You have to be logged in
as root and that is why the sudo command must be used. Only the root
user has the privilages by default to install programs.Â
4. I
tried the quick install but it gave me some funky error message like:
Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily
unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
This
means that you have some other program using the installation process.
For example you could be updating the system, installing files or you
could just have synaptic package manager open but not installing
anything. Check this and make sure nothings wrong.Â
Using K3b:Â
Start up k3b: Applications-> Sound & Video -> K3b.Â
In
the top half of the screen you will see files from your computer, you
can browse through these for files you want to put on your cd / dvd but
more on that later. First look at the bottom half of the screen and
choose the type of project you wish to start e.g a audio cd or a data
dvd. There are even more options avaliable in the toolbar under the
tools tab.Â
After you have chosen your project simply drag
files from the first half of the screen into the second half. Once you
have selected everything click the burn button and the file will begin
to burn. Thats really all there is to it.
I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial please give me feed back on what you thought or any difficulties you had.Â
