Unable to find cdrecord executable

On Ubuntu Xenial K3b does not need cdrecord?

corrado@corrado-xeni-prova:~$ apt-cache policy cdrtool*
cdrtools-doc:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
corrado@corrado-xeni-prova:~$ apt-cache policy cdrecor*
cdrecord:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
corrado@corrado-xeni-prova:~$ apt-cache policy k3b*
k3b:
  Installed: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
k3b-data:
  Installed: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
k3b-dbg:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
     2.0.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
k3b-extrathemes:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
     2.0.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
k3b-i18n:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
     2.0.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
corrado@corrado-xeni-prova:~$

adding attachment with apt-cache show k3b
on Xenial - Version: 2.0.3-0ubuntu5
and Zesty - Version: 2.0.3a+git20170325-0ubuntu1

On 07/04/17 07:31, corrado venturini wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I have a new error starting K3b on ubuntu 17.04 Zesty. K3B works fine on
> Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
>
> Unable to find cdrecord executable
> K3b uses cdrecord to actually write CDs.
> Solution: Install the cdrtools package which contains cdrecord.

Thank you for reporting this. :)

cdrecord binary/link is actually provided by the wodim package on ubuntu.

Installing that should solve the issue.

cdrtools itself was dropped from debian and ubuntu and some other distros

In this case as newer k3b has more support for cdrskin this was added as
an explicit runtime dependency of k3b, but it seems that breaks the
depends 'wodim OR cdrskin' logic from previous versions meaning wodim
(and hence /usr/bin/cdrecord) are not installed.

So for now we should change that so wodim is still installed by default,
as seems that is still needed for on the fly burning.

Could maybe look at asking upstream is that warning message can be
tweaked a bit to take account of the fact that cdrecord binary/link is
provided only by wodim now on many distros.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Confirm that cdrskin dependency is still not enough on it's own for this version of k3b. wodim is still needed, otherwise burning an iso for example will not proceed.

Confirmed in a VM that of a fresh zesty install the updated package:

https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/staging-misc/+sourcepub/7663362/+listing-archive-extra

solves the warning.

Confirmed on my local zesty system that this solves not just that (after removing wodim and letting it get pulled back in by the update), but can successfully burn an iso again with default options.

Thanks a lot! this may be a record for bug solving time!

This bug was fixed in the package k3b - 2.0.3a+git20170325-0ubuntu2

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k3b (2.0.3a+git20170325-0ubuntu2) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Make sure that wodim (for /usr/bin/cdrecord) is installed as
    dependency, as this still seems to be needed for 'on-the-fly' burning.
    New better support for cdrskin is not enough. (LP: #1680711)

 -- Rik Mills <email address hidden> Fri, 07 Apr 2017 10:19:43 +0100