How To Install id3tool on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3tool on Kali Linux.

What is id3tool

id3tool is:

A simple and complete editor for ID3 tags in MP3 files. ID3 tags are a way of identifying mp3 music files - you can store Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year, and Genre in a tag, as well as a 28-character comment.

Highly recommended for scripting and bulk operations where you need to edit id3 tags from scripts.

Can also be used to read id3 tags.

There are three methods to install id3tool 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 id3tool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install id3tool using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install id3tool

Install id3tool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install id3tool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install id3tool

Install id3tool 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 id3tool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install id3tool

How To Uninstall id3tool on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the id3tool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove id3tool

Uninstall id3tool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall id3tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove id3tool

Remove id3tool Configurations and Data

To remove id3tool configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge id3tool

Remove id3tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove id3tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge id3tool

Dependencies

id3tool have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• id3tool website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3tool package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.