How To Install python-mutagen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mutagen on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mutagen
python-mutagen is:
Mutagen is a Python module to handle audio metadata. It supports FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Speex, Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis, True Audio, and WavPack audio files. All versions of ID3v2 are supported, and all standard ID3v2.4 frames are parsed. It can read Xing headers to accurately calculate the bitrate and length of MP3s. ID3 and APEv2 tags can be edited regardless of audio format. It can also manipulate Ogg streams on an individual packet/page level.
There are three methods to install python-mutagen 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 python-mutagen 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-mutagen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mutagen
Install python-mutagen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mutagen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mutagen
Install python-mutagen 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 python-mutagen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mutagen
How To Uninstall python-mutagen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mutagen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mutagen
Uninstall python-mutagen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mutagen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mutagen
Remove python-mutagen Configurations and Data
To remove python-mutagen configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mutagen
Remove python-mutagen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mutagen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mutagen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mutagen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
