How To Install python-musicbrainz2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainz2 on Debian 9. python-musicbrainz2 is interface to the MusicBrainz XML web service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainz2 on Debian 9.

What is python-musicbrainz2

python-musicbrainz2 is:

python-musicbrainz2 provides simple, object oriented access to the MusicBrainz web service. It is useful for applications like CD rippers, taggers, media players, and other tools that need music metadata.

The MusicBrainz Project (see http://musicbrainz.org) collects music metadata and is maintained by its large and constantly growing user community.

There are three methods to install python-musicbrainz2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-musicbrainz2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-musicbrainz2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-musicbrainz2

Install python-musicbrainz2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-musicbrainz2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-musicbrainz2

Install python-musicbrainz2 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 python-musicbrainz2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-musicbrainz2

How To Uninstall python-musicbrainz2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-musicbrainz2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-musicbrainz2

Uninstall python-musicbrainz2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-musicbrainz2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-musicbrainz2

Remove python-musicbrainz2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-musicbrainz2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-musicbrainz2

Remove python-musicbrainz2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-musicbrainz2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-musicbrainz2

Dependencies

python-musicbrainz2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainz2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.