How To Install id3ren on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3ren on Ubuntu 22.04. id3ren is id3 tagger and renamer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3ren on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is id3ren

id3ren is:

Tool used to rename batches of mpeg3 files by reading the ID3 tag at the end of the file which contains the song name, artist, album, year, and a comment.

The secondary function of id3ren is a tagger, which can create, modify, or remove ID3 tags. The id3 fields can be set on the command line, entered interactively, or “guessed” from the path and the filename.

There are three methods to install id3ren 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 id3ren Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install id3ren using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install id3ren

Install id3ren Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install id3ren using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install id3ren

Install id3ren 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 id3ren using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install id3ren

How To Uninstall id3ren on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the id3ren package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove id3ren

Uninstall id3ren And Its Dependencies

To uninstall id3ren and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove id3ren

Remove id3ren Configurations and Data

To remove id3ren configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge id3ren

Remove id3ren configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove id3ren configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge id3ren

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install id3ren package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.