How To Install mp3info on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3info on Debian 11.
What is mp3info
mp3info is:
MP3Info has an interactive mode (using curses) and a command line mode. MP3Info can display ID3 tag information as well as various technical aspects of an MP3 file including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and other attributes in a pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.
If you prefer GUI you should use mp3info-gtk package.
There are three methods to install mp3info on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mp3info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mp3info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mp3info
Install mp3info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mp3info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mp3info
Install mp3info 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 mp3info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mp3info
How To Uninstall mp3info on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mp3info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mp3info
Uninstall mp3info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mp3info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mp3info
Remove mp3info Configurations and Data
To remove mp3info configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mp3info
Remove mp3info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mp3info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mp3info
Dependencies
mp3info have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3info package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.