How To Install puddletag on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puddletag on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is puddletag
puddletag is:
puddletag is an audio tag editor (primarily created) for GNU/Linux similar to the Windows program, Mp3tag. Unlike most taggers for GNU/Linux, it uses a spreadsheet-like layout so that all the tags you want to edit by hand are visible and easily editable.
The usual tag editor features are supported like extracting tag information from filenames, renaming files based on their tags by using patterns and basic tag editing.
Then there’re Functions, which can do things like replace text, trim it, do case conversions, etc. Actions can automate repetitive tasks. You can import your QuodLibet library, lookup tags using Amazon (including cover art), Discogs (does cover art too!), FreeDB and MusicBrainz (and more).
Supported formats: ID3v1, ID3v2 (mp3), MP4 (mp4, m4a, etc.), VorbisComments (ogg, flac), Musepack (mpc), Monkey’s Audio (ape) and WavPack (wv).
There are three methods to install puddletag 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 puddletag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puddletag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puddletag
Install puddletag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puddletag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puddletag
Install puddletag 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 puddletag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puddletag
How To Uninstall puddletag on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the puddletag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puddletag
Uninstall puddletag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puddletag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puddletag
Remove puddletag Configurations and Data
To remove puddletag configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puddletag
Remove puddletag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puddletag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puddletag
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puddletag package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.