How To Install id3ren on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install id3ren on Debian 10.
What is id3ren
id3ren is:
Tool used to rename batches of mpeg3 files by reading the ID3 tag at the end of the file which contains the song name, artist, album, year, and a comment.
The secondary function of id3ren is a tagger, which can create, modify, or remove ID3 tags. The id3 fields can be set on the command line, entered interactively, or “guessed” from the path and the filename.
There are three methods to install id3ren 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 id3ren Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install id3ren using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install id3ren
Install id3ren Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install id3ren using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install id3ren
Install id3ren 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 id3ren using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install id3ren
How To Uninstall id3ren on Debian 10
To uninstall only the id3ren package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove id3ren
Uninstall id3ren And Its Dependencies
To uninstall id3ren and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove id3ren
Remove id3ren Configurations and Data
To remove id3ren configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge id3ren
Remove id3ren configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove id3ren configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge id3ren
Dependencies
id3ren have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install id3ren package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.