How To Install python3-mediafile on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-mediafile on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-mediafile is read and write audio files tags in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mediafile on Debian 12.

What is python3-mediafile

python3-mediafile is:

MediaFile is a simple interface to the metadata tags for many audio file formats. It wraps Mutagen, a high-quality library for low-level tag manipulation, with a high-level, format-independent interface for a common set of tags.

There are three methods to install python3-mediafile on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-mediafile Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-mediafile using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mediafile

Install python3-mediafile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-mediafile using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-mediafile

Install python3-mediafile 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 python3-mediafile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mediafile

How To Uninstall python3-mediafile on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-mediafile package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-mediafile

Uninstall python3-mediafile And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mediafile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mediafile

Remove python3-mediafile Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mediafile configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mediafile

Remove python3-mediafile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-mediafile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mediafile

Dependencies

python3-mediafile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mediafile package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.