How To Install Lightscribe In Ubuntu
August 5, 2008
Lightscribe is the CD/DVD functionality that allows direct disc labeling. You will need a Lightscribe enabled burner and until now, this operation has only been supported under Windows. Until now.
This guide will help you install the base Lightscribe software and the 4L Disk Labeling software on a 32-bit or 64-bit Ubuntu install.
Open a terminal.
1. Create a temporary workspace in your home directory.
Note: You can delete this directory when you are finished installing the software.
mkdir workspace
cd workspace
2. Download the 32-bit .deb files and an icon for Lightscribe
wget http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.12.37.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
wget http://uploads.mitechie.com/lightscribe/4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb
wget http://lawrencecomputing.dyn-o-saur.com/lightscribe/lightscribe.png
Install the .deb files in the console with the force-architecture flag
Important: Make sure to do these steps in this order (lightscribe then 4L)
For 32-bit
sudo dpkg -i lightscribe-1.12.37.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
sudo dpkg -i 4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb
For 64-bit
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i lightscribe-1.12.37.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i 4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb
3. Fix the missing liblightscribe.so.1 error
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so.1 /usr/lib32/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so /usr/lib32/
sudo ldconfig
Note: The program should run now. You can test this by entering at at the terminal:
sudo 4L-gui
4. Copy the icon file into Ubuntu’s shared icon directory
sudo cp lightscribe.png /usr/share/pixmaps/4L-gui.png
5. Create a shortcut to launch the 4L Disk Labeler as root
a. In a terminal, add yourself to sudoers by:
sudo visudo
yourusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/bash
b. Right Click on the Ubuntu Menu Bar and choose Edit Menus.
c. In the left pane labeled menus choose either “Sound & Video” or “System Tools”.
d. Then, click new item.
Enter this information into the window:
Type: Application
Name: Lightscribe
Command: sudo bash -c 4L-gui
Comment: Label a disc with Lightscribe
Note: Add the Lightscribe icon by clicking on the sping icon and navigating to /usr/share/pixmaps and browse for the Lightscribe icon.
Note: You can burn a label twice if it is not dark enough. Don’t worry about the orientation of the disc, the drive will align it for you.
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