How To Install libid3-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libid3-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libid3-tools
libid3-tools is:
This package contains some utilities that belong with id3lib, the software library for ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag manipulation. The utilities are: id3cp, id3tag, id3convert, id3info.
There are three methods to install libid3-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libid3-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libid3-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libid3-tools
Install libid3-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libid3-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libid3-tools
Install libid3-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libid3-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libid3-tools
How To Uninstall libid3-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libid3-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libid3-tools
Uninstall libid3-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libid3-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libid3-tools
Remove libid3-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libid3-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libid3-tools
Remove libid3-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libid3-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libid3-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libid3-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
