How To Install exif on Debian 10

Learn how to install exif on Debian 10 with this tutorial. exif is command-line utility to show EXIF information in JPEG files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exif on Debian 10.

What is exif

exif is:

Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image.

’exif’ is a small command-line utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files.

There are three methods to install exif on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install exif Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install exif

Install exif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install exif

Install exif 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 exif using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exif

How To Uninstall exif on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove exif

Uninstall exif And Its Dependencies

To uninstall exif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exif

Remove exif Configurations and Data

To remove exif configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge exif

Remove exif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exif

Dependencies

exif have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exif package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.