I don't think there's an all-in-one program like Real Jukebox that works in text mode under Linux. Instead, you need to use these smaller programs: mpg123: small, fast MP3 player with no GUI; included with most Linux distributions cdparanoia: rips CD tracks and saves them as WAV files with good error checking; included with most Linux distributions cdcd: best command-driven CD player I've found yet; available at http://libcdaudio.sourceforge.net/ lame: free MP3 encoder; available at http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/ abcde: stands for "A Better CD Encoder"; a convenient interface to cdparanoia, lame (as well as some other encoders), and a CDDB-compatible database; available at http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/ I hope this helps. -- Matt Campbell <http://www.pobox.com/~mattcampbell/>