How To Install exfalso on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exfalso on Ubuntu.

What is `exfalso`

exfalso is:

Ex Falso displays and edits audio metadata tags. Supported formats include MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack (MPC), WavPack, and MOD/XM/IT.

A command-line counterpart, Operon, is also distributed as part of this package.

Notable features include:

Freeform tag editing for most supported formats, including ID3v2
Multiple values for tag keys
Flexible rename-by-tags and tag-by-filename patterns
Extensible using simple Python-based plugins
Edit multiple files in several formats at once

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

Install exfalso Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install exfalso

Install exfalso Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install exfalso

Install exfalso 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 exfalso using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exfalso

How To Uninstall exfalso on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove exfalso

Uninstall exfalso And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exfalso

Remove exfalso Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge exfalso

Remove exfalso configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exfalso

Dependencies

exfalso have the following dependencies:

References

exfalso website

Summary

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