How To Install eyed3 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyed3 on Ubuntu 22.04. eyed3 is Display and manipulate id3-tags on the command-line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyed3 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is eyed3

eyed3 is:

A command-line editor to add/edit/remove ID3-tags on mp3 files. It supports version 1.0,1.1,2.3 and 2.4 of the ID3 standard. Additionally it displays several information about the file such as length and bitrate from an MP3 file.

There are three methods to install eyed3 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install eyed3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install eyed3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eyed3

Install eyed3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eyed3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eyed3

Install eyed3 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 eyed3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eyed3

How To Uninstall eyed3 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the eyed3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eyed3

Uninstall eyed3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eyed3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eyed3

Remove eyed3 Configurations and Data

To remove eyed3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eyed3

Remove eyed3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eyed3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eyed3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyed3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.