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If I want to install lightscribe for CD burning, how do I install it safely?

How to use simply use it?

  1. How to install?
  2. How to use it? (simple, quick way)
owl
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32-Bit Installation

If you have a 32-bit system, you should be good to go! Just install the debs, like so:

sudo dpkg -i lightscribe*.deb
sudo dpkg -i 4l*.deb

Now I haven’t tested this because I do not have a 32-bit system so if you have trouble, let us know in the comments! I can always cook up a VM to test this in properly.

64-Bit Installation

If you are using a 64-bit operating system, which I would wager to guess that that is true, you will have to force the software onto your system. This is never recommended, but i can’t imagine that the impact of the software is significant enough to cause any damage to your install. The Ubuntu help page however, gives the following warning;

So, that said, here are the commands!

sudo dpkg --install --force architecture lightscribe*.deb
sudo dpkg --install --force-architecture 4l*.deb

Now, let’s run it.

If you want to create a disc with an image covering the surface:

sudo 4L-gui

If all you need to do it print a little text on a disc:

/opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler
Evandro Silva
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owl
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The following method was succesfully tested on 15.04 64bit:

  1. Install the following dependencies:

    sudo apt-get install gdebi libsm6:i386

  2. Download the Lightscribe deb packages from the Pawtec website:

    wget http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe_files/Linux/LSS/lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.deb
wget http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe_files/Linux/LSL/lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb

  3. Download the multi-arch version of LaCie 4L Labeler utility created by Davide Depau.

    wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/davidedduos/misc/4l_1.0-1_i386.deb

  4. Install the Lightscribe deb packages:

    sudo dpkg -i lightscribe*.deb

  5. Install the LaCie 4L Labeler utility and its dependencies with:

    sudo gdebi 4l_1.0-1_i386.deb

Now to create labels run:

/opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler

To burn your disc type:

4L-gui

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LightScribe

Sylvain Pineau
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