How To Install exfalso on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exfalso on Debian 9.
What is exfalso
exfalso is:
Ex Falso displays and edits audio metadata tags. Supported formats include MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack (MPC), WavPack, and MOD/XM/IT.
A command-line counterpart, Operon, is also distributed as part of this package.
Notable features include:
- Freeform tag editing for most supported formats, including ID3v2
- Multiple values for tag keys
- Flexible rename-by-tags and tag-by-filename patterns
- Extensible using simple Python-based plugins
- Edit multiple files in several formats at once
There are three methods to install exfalso on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install exfalso Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exfalso using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exfalso
Install exfalso Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exfalso using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exfalso
Install exfalso 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 exfalso using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exfalso
How To Uninstall exfalso on Debian 9
To uninstall only the exfalso package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exfalso
Uninstall exfalso And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exfalso and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exfalso
Remove exfalso Configurations and Data
To remove exfalso configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exfalso
Remove exfalso configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exfalso configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exfalso
Dependencies
exfalso have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exfalso package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.