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How to install Kid3 3.6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Kid3 3.6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

Kid3 is an open-source cross-platform audio tag editor for many audio file formats. It supports DSF, MP3, Ogg, FLAC, MPC, MPEG-4 (mp4/m4a/m4b), AAC, Opus, SPX, TrueAudio, APE, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AIFF, tracker modules. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Kid3 on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Add the repository of Kid3 using PPA

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ufleisch/kid3
 Kid3 packages for Ubuntu
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~ufleisch/+archive/ubuntu/kid3
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ufleisch/kid3/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.9 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease     
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ufleisch/kid3/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,276 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ufleisch/kid3/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,280 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ufleisch/kid3/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [848 B]
Fetched 19.3 kB in 3s (5,884 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Kid3 package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install kid3 -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  i965-va-driver kid3-core kwayland-data kwayland-integration libaacs0 libavcodec57
  libavformat57 libavutil55 libbdplus0 libbluray2 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3 libfam0
  libflac++6v5 libgme0 libhfstospell9 libid3-3.8.3v5 libkf5archive5 libkf5attica5
  libkf5auth-data libkf5auth5 libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5completion-data
.
.
Setting up sonnet-plugins (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5globalaccel-bin (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libchromaprint1:amd64 (1.4.3-1) ...
Setting up libkf5configwidgets5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5service-bin (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5iconthemes5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libavformat57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up kid3-core (3.6.1-0bionic1) ...
Setting up libkf5iconthemes-bin (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5textwidgets5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libkf5xmlgui5:amd64 (5.44.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up kid3 (3.6.1-0bionic1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Kid3 from the Menu as shown here

Kid3 application

The version of Kid3 can be found in Help-> About

With this, the method to install Kid3 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Ubuntu music player
FAQ
Q
Is there any alternatives for Kid3?
A
The alternatives are:
Mp3tag
MusicBrainz Picard G
MediaMonkey
Q
Can check the version of Kid3 3.6.1 on Ubuntu?
A
The version of Kid3 can be found in Help-> About
With this, the method to install Kid3 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
Q
Can Add the repository of Kid3?
A
Add the repository of Kid3 using PPA:
# add-apt-repository ppa:ufleisch/kid3
Q
What is Kid3 3.6.1 on Ubuntu?
A
Kid3 is an open-source cross-platform audio tag editor for many audio file formats. It supports DSF, MP3, Ogg, FLAC, MPC, MPEG-4 (mp4/m4a/m4b), AAC, Opus, SPX, TrueAudio, APE, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AIFF, tracker modules.
Q
How to install Kid3 3.6.1 on Ubuntu
A
Run the following command:
# apt-get install kid3