How To Install id3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove id3

Remove id3 Configurations and Data

To remove id3 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• id3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.