How To Install libtag1v5-vanilla 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-vanilla on Ubuntu.

What is `libtag1v5-vanilla`

libtag1v5-vanilla 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 is the runtime package for programs that use the TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library. This package contains original and unpatched flavour of the library.

There are three methods to install libtag1v5-vanilla 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-vanilla 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-vanilla using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtag1v5-vanilla

Install libtag1v5-vanilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtag1v5-vanilla using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtag1v5-vanilla

Install libtag1v5-vanilla 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-vanilla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtag1v5-vanilla

How To Uninstall libtag1v5-vanilla on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libtag1v5-vanilla package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtag1v5-vanilla

Uninstall libtag1v5-vanilla And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtag1v5-vanilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtag1v5-vanilla

Remove libtag1v5-vanilla Configurations and Data

To remove libtag1v5-vanilla configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtag1v5-vanilla

Remove libtag1v5-vanilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtag1v5-vanilla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtag1v5-vanilla

Dependencies

libtag1v5-vanilla have the following dependencies:

References

libtag1v5-vanilla website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtag1v5-vanilla package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.