How To Install exiftags on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiftags on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is exiftags
exiftags is:
The exiftags utility parses a specified JPEG file or, by default, its standard input, looking for a JPEG APP1 section containing Exif (Exchangeable Image File) data. The properties contained in these data are then printed to the standard output. Digital cameras typically add Exif data to the image files they produce, containing information about the camera and digitized image.
There are three methods to install exiftags on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install exiftags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exiftags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exiftags
Install exiftags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exiftags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exiftags
Install exiftags 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 exiftags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exiftags
How To Uninstall exiftags on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the exiftags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exiftags
Uninstall exiftags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exiftags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exiftags
Remove exiftags Configurations and Data
To remove exiftags configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exiftags
Remove exiftags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exiftags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exiftags
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiftags package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
