How To Install libtag1v5 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 libtag1v5 on Ubuntu.
What is libtag1v5
libtag1v5 is:
TagLib is a library for reading and editing audio meta data, commonly know as tags.
- A clean, high level, C++ API to handling audio meta data.
- Format specific APIs for advanced API users.
- ID3v1, ID3v2, APE, FLAC, Xiph, iTunes-style MP4 and WMA tag formats.
- MP3, MPC, FLAC, MP4, ASF, AIFF, WAV, TrueAudio, WavPack, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Speex and Opus file formats.
- Basic audio file properties such as length, sample rate, etc.
- Long term binary and source compatibility.
- Extensible design, notably the ability to add other formats or extend
- current formats as a library user.
- Full support for unicode and internationalized tags.
- Dual MPL and LGPL licenses.
- No external toolkit dependencies.
This package is the main metapackage for the TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library. Historically packages using TagLib should depend on this package rather than specific TagLib flavour even if the only vanilla (original) flavour is available at the moment.
There are three methods to install libtag1v5 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 libtag1v5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtag1v5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtag1v5
Install libtag1v5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtag1v5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtag1v5
Install libtag1v5 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 libtag1v5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtag1v5
How To Uninstall libtag1v5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libtag1v5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtag1v5
Uninstall libtag1v5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtag1v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtag1v5
Remove libtag1v5 Configurations and Data
To remove libtag1v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtag1v5
Remove libtag1v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtag1v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtag1v5
Dependencies
libtag1v5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtag1v5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.