How To Install python3-mutagen on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-mutagen on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-mutagen is audio metadata editing library (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mutagen on Debian 10.

What is python3-mutagen

python3-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.

This package is built for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-mutagen on Debian 10. 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-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 python3-mutagen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mutagen

Install python3-mutagen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-mutagen

Install python3-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mutagen

How To Uninstall python3-mutagen on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-mutagen

Uninstall python3-mutagen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mutagen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mutagen

Remove python3-mutagen Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mutagen configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mutagen

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-mutagen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mutagen package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.