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How to install Puddletag in Ubuntu

To install Puddletag in Ubuntu

Puddletag is an open source audio tag editor. It is similar to spreadsheet and allows the user to edit tags easily and quickly. This application extracts the tag information from filenames, changes the file names on the basis of tags, contains a plugin for default installation and provides filtering support. Installation of Puddletag is explained in this manual.

To install Puddletag

Run the following command to add the repositories before installing puddletag.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 
 The main Web Upd8 PPA maintained by: http://www.webupd8.org/

To add this PPA, simply paste this in a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Packages in this PPA: audacious, ap-hotspot, awn-applet-radio, awn-applet-wm, calise, cmus, dockbarx, dockbarx-themes-extra, dropbox-share, emerald, exaile, fbmessenger, gnome-subtitles, gnome-window-applets, grsync, grive, gthumb, launchpad-getkeys, mc, mdm (Mint Display Manager), minitunes, minitube, musique, notifyosdconfig, nautilus-columns, powertop, ppa-purge, rosa-media-player, fixed pulseaudio-equalizer, subtitleeditor, syncwall, umplayer, unity-reboot, wimlib, youtube-dl, xfce4-dockbarx-plugin, xournal, yad, yarock and others. Almost all packages are updated to their latest version.
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gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpsb94il1t/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpsb94il1t/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 4C9D234C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpsb94il1t/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4C9D234C: public key " Launchpad webupd8"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Now update the newly added repository by utilizing the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update   
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease   
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done


Then start installing the puddletag software with the help of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install puddletag -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  i965-va-driver javascript-common libaacs0 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0 libbluray1
  libchromaprint-tools libchromaprint0 libcrystalhd3 libdiscid0 libgme0 libgsm1 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-0
  libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libmad0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libopenjpeg5 libqt4-designer libqt4-help
  libqt4-opengl libqt4-scripttools libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqtassistantclient4 libqtwebkit4 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libshine3
  libsnappy1v5 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libtwolame0 libva1 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxvidcore4
  libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-vdpau-drivers python-acoustid python-audioread python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configobj
  python-cryptography python-enum34 python-gi python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10 python-idna python-ipaddress
  python-libxml2 python-musicbrainz2 python-mutagen python-ndg-httpsclient python-openssl python-pkg-resources python-pyasn1
  python-pymad python-pyparsing python-qt4 python-requests python-sip python-six python-urllib3 va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all
  vdpau-va-driver
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Setting up python-gi (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-gobject-2 (2.28.6-12ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-gobject (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-libxml2 (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up python-gst0.10 (0.10.22-3ubuntu3) ...
Setting up python-musicbrainz2 (0.7.4-2) ...
Setting up python-openssl (0.15.1-2build1) ...
Setting up python-ndg-httpsclient (0.4.0-3) ...
Setting up python-pymad (0.9-1) ...
Setting up i965-va-driver:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-va-driver:amd64 (0.7.4-5) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...


Open the search and hunt for puddletag icon.

The puddletag software appears as follows.

To remove puddletag

Run the following command to remove the puddletag software.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get remove puddletag -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  i965-va-driver javascript-common libaacs0 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbdplus0 libbluray1
  libchromaprint-tools libchromaprint0 libcrystalhd3 libdiscid0 libgme0 libgsm1 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-0
  libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libmad0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libopenjpeg5 libqt4-designer libqt4-help
  libqt4-opengl libqt4-scripttools libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqtassistantclient4 libqtwebkit4 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libshine3
  libsnappy1v5 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libtwolame0 libva1 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxvidcore4
  libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-vdpau-drivers python-acoustid python-audioread python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configobj
  python-cryptography python-enum34 python-gi python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10 python-idna python-ipaddress
  python-libxml2 python-musicbrainz2 python-mutagen python-ndg-httpsclient python-openssl python-pkg-resources python-pyasn1
  python-pymad python-pyparsing python-qt4 python-requests python-sip python-six python-urllib3 va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all
  vdpau-va-driver
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  Puddletag
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Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 1 removed doc-base file...
Tag : Puddletag
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Is there any alternative for puddletag in Linux?
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MusicBrainz Picard, EasyTAG, Kid3, etc.
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What is Puddletag in Ubuntu?
A
Puddletag is an open source audio tag editor. It is similar to the spreadsheet and allows the user to edit tags easily and quickly. This application extracts the tag information from filenames, changes the file names on the basis of tags, contains a plugin for default installation and provides filtering support.
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How to install puddletag software on Ubuntu/Fedora?
A
Run the following command
# apt-get install puddletag
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How to remove the Puddletag in Ubuntu?
A
Run the following command to remove the puddletag software.