# Install cdlabelgen with Homebrew, apt, dnf

CD/DVD inserts and envelopes. Version 4.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cdlabelgen.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cdlabelgen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cdlabelgen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install cdlabelgen
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cdlabelgen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install cdlabelgen
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cdlabelgen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cdlabelgen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.3.0
- **Source summary:** CD/DVD inserts and envelopes
- **Homepage:** <https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cdlabelgen (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.3.0
## Project history and usage

cdlabelgen is a Perl and PostScript command-line tool for generating CD/DVD jewel-case inserts, envelopes, and labels, with an accompanying web interface maintained on ACZoom.

### Project history

The ACZoom history says Avinash Chopde found cdlabelgen after searching for a good CD insert program, credits the original program to B W Fitzpatrick, and then created the online web interface plus enhancements to make it usable across platforms.

The official page records cdlabelgen 4.3.0 in March 2013, source archives for 4.3.1 beta, and an official GitHub repository for cdlabelgen and cdinsert.

### Adoption history

cdlabelgen reflects a Unix-era desktop workflow: generate printable PostScript from shell scripts, listings, or a web form, then preview or print it with external tools. Its documentation emphasizes minimum dependencies, needing only Perl, and output that can be used by PostScript or PDF-oriented print workflows.

The package has remained in Linux and macOS package managers because it solves a narrow physical-media problem without needing a graphical design suite.

### How it is used

The man page describes command-line generation of front cards, tray cards, CD envelopes, DVD inserts, and printable CD/DVD output. It supports file-based item lists, color options, EPS overlays, and PostScript output.

### Why package nerds care

cdlabelgen is the kind of small, durable packaging artifact maintainers remember: a mostly self-contained Perl tool, tied to PostScript printing, useful long after CD burning stopped being fashionable because package managers preserve niche workflows.

### Timeline

- Pre-2001: B W Fitzpatrick creates the original cdlabelgen.
- 2001-2013: Avinash Chopde maintains the ACZoom cdinsert/cdlabelgen web interface and enhancements.
- 2012: Man page records cdlabelgen version 4.2.0.
- 2013: ACZoom page lists cdlabelgen 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 beta source archives.

### Related projects

- The official page references GTKcdlabel as a GTK+ frontend, barcodegen for barcode EPS overlays, and ogonkify for character encoding support in generated PostScript.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/avinash311/cdlabelgen>
- <https://github.com/avinash311/cdlabelgen>
- <https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/>
- <https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert>
- <https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/cdlabelgen.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cdlabelgen.json>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cdlabelgen - 4.3.0-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cdlabelgen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generates front cards and tray cards for CDs and DVDs | https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/
- Ubuntu apt - cdlabelgen - 4.3.0-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cdlabelgen from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generates front cards and tray cards for CDs and DVDs | https://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/
- dnf - cdlabelgen - 4.3.0-27.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cdlabelgen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Generates frontcards and traycards for inserting in CD jewelcases | http://www.aczoom.com/tools/cdinsert/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cdlabelgen.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cdlabelgen.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph