How To Install id3 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install id3 on Debian 10.
What is id3
id3 is:
A command-line based program that can list, modify, or delete ID3 tags from a file. ID3 tags are a way of identifying streaming music files. You can store Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year, and Genre in a tag, as well as a 28-character comment.
There are three methods to install id3 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 id3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install id3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install id3
Install id3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install id3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install id3
Install id3 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 id3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install id3
How To Uninstall id3 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the id3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove id3
Uninstall id3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall id3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove id3
Remove id3 Configurations and Data
To remove id3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge id3
Remove id3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove id3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge id3
Dependencies
id3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install id3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.