How To Install exiftran on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiftran on Debian 12.
What is exiftran
exiftran is:
exiftran is a command line utility to transform digital camera JPEG images. It can do lossless rotations like jpegtran, but unlike jpegtran it can process multiple images at once, and it cares about the Exif data: it can rotate images automatically by checking the Exif orientation tag, it updates the Exif information (image dimensions/orientation) if needed, and it also rotates the Exif thumbnail.
There are three methods to install exiftran 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 exiftran Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exiftran using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exiftran
Install exiftran Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exiftran using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exiftran
Install exiftran 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 exiftran using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exiftran
How To Uninstall exiftran on Debian 12
To uninstall only the exiftran package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exiftran
Uninstall exiftran And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exiftran and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exiftran
Remove exiftran Configurations and Data
To remove exiftran configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exiftran
Remove exiftran configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exiftran configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exiftran
Dependencies
exiftran have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiftran package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.