How To Install id3v2 on Fedora 34

id3v2 is Command line ID3 tag editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3v2 on Fedora 34.

What is `id3v2`

id3v2 is a command line tool to add, modify, remove, or view ID3v2 tags, as well as convert or list ID3v1 tags. ID3 tags are commonly embedded in compressed music files and are the standard way to more fully describe the work than would normally be allowed by putting the information in the filename.

We can use yum or dnf to install id3v2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install id3v2.

Install id3v2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install id3v2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install id3v2

Install id3v2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install id3v2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install id3v2

How To Uninstall id3v2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the id3v2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove id3v2

id3v2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/id3v2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/593956b600f684f9998f6ab776a14f708cb882
/usr/share/doc/id3v2
/usr/share/doc/id3v2/README
/usr/share/licenses/id3v2
/usr/share/licenses/id3v2/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/id3v2.1.gz

References

id3v2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3v2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.