How To Install python3-taglib on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-taglib on Kali Linux.
What is python3-taglib
python3-taglib is:
Pytaglib provides an easy interface to read and write metadata of audio files in Python. It relies on the TagLib library and thus supports all formats that are supported by TagLib, which include all relevant formats in use today.
Pytaglib allows you to use arbitrary tag names (not only the most common ones like TITLE, ARTIST, ALBUM, …) and even define multiple values for the same tag, as long as the metadata system of the underlying audio file supports that.
There are three methods to install python3-taglib on Kali Linux. 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-taglib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-taglib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-taglibInstall python3-taglib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-taglib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-taglibInstall python3-taglib Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-taglib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-taglibHow To Uninstall python3-taglib on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-taglib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-taglibUninstall python3-taglib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-taglib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-taglibRemove python3-taglib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-taglib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-taglibRemove python3-taglib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-taglib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-taglibDependencies
python3-taglib have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-taglib package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
