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How to Install Kid3 on Linux mint 18.03

To Install Kid3 on Linux mint 18.03
Kid3 Tag Editor is an open source video editing software that can be used in portable mode. It supports all types of audio file format such as MP3, WAV, WMA, MPC, FLAC, Ogg etc. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Kid3 on Linux mint 18.03.

Installation

Let' s first start with updating the system repositories

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease             
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease          
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                     
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease        
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                      
Hit:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done


Install the Kid3 application.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install kid3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  kid3
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 406 not upgraded.
Need to get 195 kB of archives.
After this operation, 617 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 kid3 amd64 3.3.1-2 [195 kB]
Fetched 195 kB in 1s (164 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package kid3.
(Reading database ... 232366 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../kid3_3.3.1-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking kid3 (3.3.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kid3 (3.3.1-2) ...

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

Kid3 application.

The version of Kid3.

With this, the method to install Kid3 on Linux mint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
where to access the kid3 on linux mint?
A
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu
Q
how to remove Kid3 application?
A
use the below command to remove the kid3 application
# apt remove kid3 kid3-qt kid3-cli && sudo apt autoremove
Q
I want to source installation of kid3?
A
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/kid3/code kid3
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../kid3
Q
is there any alternative of kid3?
A
the alternative of kid3 are,
Mp3tag
MusicBrainz Picard
MediaMonkey
Q
how to check command line version of kid3?
A
check command line version of kid3 by below command
# kid3 -V