How To Install flactag on Debian 12

Learn how to install flactag on Debian 12 with this tutorial. flactag is Tagger for whole-album FLAC files using data from MusicBrainz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flactag on Debian 12.

What is flactag

flactag is:

Tagger for whole-album FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets. Data for the tags is retrieved from the MusicBrainz service. Tags are written as VORBIS comments or standalone CUESHEET files, and the application has the ability to rename a file based on the tags using a user-specified template.

flactag can be run either interactively (to allow the user to select which of the results to tag the file with), or in batch mode (allowing files to be checked regularly for changes, and optionally to apply these changes automatically).

There are three methods to install flactag on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install flactag Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install flactag using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install flactag

Install flactag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install flactag using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flactag

Install flactag Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install flactag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flactag

How To Uninstall flactag on Debian 12

To uninstall only the flactag package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flactag

Uninstall flactag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall flactag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flactag

Remove flactag Configurations and Data

To remove flactag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flactag

Remove flactag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove flactag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flactag

Dependencies

flactag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flactag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.