ABCDE (A Better CD Encoder) is a CD ripper for Linux, operated from the command line.

This short HOWTO shows how to use ABCDE in Ubuntu 11.10 to rip a CD's content in MP3 files.

1. Install necessary packages

apt-get install abcde id3v2 lame

2. Use ABCDE

abcde -a cddb,read,encode,tag,move,playlist,clean -d /dev/cdrw -o mp3 -V -x

(written: 2011-12-16)