# Install dvd+rw-tools with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, pacman, zypper DVD+-RW/R tools. Version 7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install dvd+rw-tools. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dvd+rw-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvd+rw-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: dvd+rw-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dvd+rw-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dvd+rw-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dvd+rw-tools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dvd+rw-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dvd+rw-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 7.1 - **Source summary:** DVD+-RW/R tools - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T15:56:45+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - dvd+rw-booktype (alias) - dvd+rw-format (alias) - dvd+rw-mediainfo (alias) - dvd-ram-control (alias) - growisofs (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 7.1 ## Project history and usage dvd+rw-tools is the classic Unix optical-disc toolkit around growisofs and companion utilities for recordable DVD, DVD-RAM, and later Blu-ray-style media. It is practical package history: a small command-line layer that let scripts burn, format, and inspect discs without a GUI. ### Project history The project is associated with Andy Polyakov and the original DVD+RW for Linux pages at Chalmers. Public source-package records and manpage references preserve the original project URL even though the live page currently redirects to a 404. The early packaging record dates the initial dvd+rw-tools package to November 2002, with the combined version number reflecting growisofs, dvd+rw-format, and dvd+rw-booktype versions. growisofs became the centerpiece because it coordinated optical-disc writing with ISO filesystem generation. Source and manual summaries describe it as a user-space SCSI/MMC-style recording tool originally meant to grow ISO9660 filesystems on DVD+RW media, later expanding across DVD formats and Blu-ray media. ### Adoption history dvd+rw-tools spread because it solved a boring hardware problem in a scriptable way. Distributions, backup recipes, DVD authoring how-tos, and GUI burners could rely on growisofs or the smaller media utilities instead of teaching every user the low-level optical drive details. The package survived long after optical drives stopped being default laptop hardware because old media workflows, lab machines, archival scripts, and DVD-Video authoring chains still expected these commands to exist. ### How it is used Common commands include growisofs for burning an image or filesystem tree, dvd+rw-format for formatting or blanking rewritable media, dvd+rw-mediainfo for drive and disc status, dvd+rw-booktype for book type settings, and dvd-ram-control for DVD-RAM behavior. In package-nerd workflows it often appears after tools such as mkisofs, genisoimage, or dvdauthor: one tool builds a filesystem or VIDEO_TS tree, and dvd+rw-tools writes the result to physical media. ### Why package nerds care dvd+rw-tools is a fossil worth keeping sharp: it encodes the awkward hardware era when optical media, kernel device behavior, firmware quirks, and Unix pipelines all had to meet. The package is small, but many old burn scripts and HOWTOs assume growisofs is in PATH. ### Timeline - 2002-11: Early spec history records the initial dvd+rw-tools packaging and versions derived from growisofs, dvd+rw-format, and dvd+rw-booktype. - 2003: Release notes in package records show additions for DVD-R/RW support, write-speed control, overburn protection, and BSD portability work. - 2004: Package records show ports and drive-compatibility fixes across Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, and specific DVD hardware behavior. - 2008: Public package summaries record dvd+rw-tools 7.1 as the later stable release line. ### Related projects - Related projects and tools include mkisofs, genisoimage, cdrtools, cdrkit, dvdauthor, cdrecord or wodim, and GUI burning front ends that wrapped growisofs for everyday desktop users. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-14+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dvd+rw-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DVD+-RW/R tools | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - Debian apt - growisofs - 7.1-14+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: growisofs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DVD+-RW/R recorder | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - Ubuntu apt - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-14build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dvd+rw-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DVD+-RW/R tools | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - Ubuntu apt - growisofs - 7.1-14build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: growisofs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DVD+-RW/R recorder | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - apk - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvd+rw-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | DVD and Blu-ray burning tools | https://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - apk - dvd+rw-tools-doc - 7.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvd+rw-tools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | DVD and Blu-ray burning tools (documentation) | https://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - dnf - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-47.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dvd+rw-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Toolchain to master DVD+RW/+R media | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - pacman - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-13: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dvd+rw-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tools to master DVD media | https://web.archive.org/web/20250512175714/https://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ - zypper - dvd+rw-tools - 7.1-64.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dvd+rw-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Collection of Tools for Mastering Blu-ray and DVD+-RW/+-R Media | http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dvd+rw-tools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dvd+rw-tools.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