How to install EasyTAG in Debian 9

How to install EasyTAG in Debian 9

A tag editor is a software that supports editing of metadata in Multimedia file formats, rather than editing the actual file' s content. This article explains the installation procedure of EasyTAG in Debian 9. EasyTAG is a simple, cross-platform audio tag editor written in C and GTK+ for handling graphics handling respectively. It supports MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg Opus, Ogg Speex, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack, Monkey’ s Audio, and WavPack files. It has various features that is listed below as follows.

Features :

  • Automated tagging using presets and custom masks.
  • Rename files using tag information or external text files.
  • Apply changes in a field (Artist, Album...) to all selected files.
  • Read and display file header informations (bitrate, time...)
  • Tree based browser or a view by artist and album
  • Recursion into subdirectories
  • Playlist generator

The EasyTAG' s installation procedure is explained below.

Installation procedure

To begin with the installation procedure, add the repo of EasyTAG by executing the following command.

root@debian:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

The repository is installed in your system. Next update the repo by running the apt-get update command.

root@debian:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the EasyTAG using apt-get install command and press y to continue with the installation.

root@debian:~# apt-get install easytag
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gnome-icon-theme libid3-3.8.3v5 libid3tag0 libopusfile0
Suggested packages:
  easytag-nautilus libid3-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  easytag gnome-icon-theme libid3-3.8.3v5 libid3tag0 libopusfile0
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 20.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libid3-3.8.3v5 amd64 3.8.3-16.2+b1 [155 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libid3tag0 amd64 0.15.1b-12 [35.4 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libopusfile0 amd64 0.8-1+b1 [38.9 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 easytag amd64 2.4.3-1 [872 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 gnome-icon-theme all 3.12.0-2 [9,890 kB]
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Setting up libid3tag0:amd64 (0.15.1b-12) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Setting up libid3-3.8.3v5:amd64 (3.8.3-16.2+b1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.50.3-2) ...
Setting up gnome-icon-theme (3.12.0-2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/debian-swirl.svg to provide /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/start-here.svg (start-here.svg) in auto mode
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up easytag (2.4.3-1) ...

The EasyTAG application is installed successfully. To run the application, type the application name in the Activities window and click on the icon to run it.

The EasyTAG application is installed without any glitches.

The installation procedure is complete. EasyTAG has a number of availabe tag fields like title, artist, album, disc album, etc.

FAQ
Q
what is the Purpose of using the EasyTag?
A
EasyTAG is an open source, simple, cross-platform application for audio tag editor written in C and GTK+ for handling graphics handling respectively. It supports MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg
Q
How does Easytag portray its view over artists and album?
A
Easytag has tree based browser or a view by artist and album.
Q
Do we get header information on Easytag?
A
Easytag provides Read and displays file header information (bitrate, time)
Q
What is the use of Easytag Application?
A
EasyTAG is an open source, simple, cross-platform application for audio tag editor written in C and GTK+ for handling graphics respectively.
Q
What are the formats does Easytag supports with?
A
EasyTag supports MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg and many more.