How to Install and Uninstall exiv2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "exiv2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install exiv2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                exiv2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "exiv2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall exiv2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                exiv2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the exiv2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: exiv2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.27.3-3ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 289
Depends: libexiv2-27 (= 0.27.3-3ubuntu4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/universe/e/exiv2/exiv2_0.27.3-3ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 105564
MD5sum: 44a0646d9c6fb320d7dc0fb3e3b5ffdd
SHA1: f56bd6c48840377d949140ed0cf1f20f0b36c6b5
SHA256: 7bdb0bde6bf2b8bbca4d46d5717809b2cf7f7a6927f191175f792ca10cf83414
SHA512: 9121d984564e9aedca31e247ba7d8686f5f97cf260b90e65e8a839e9c639271f34859382ae9a69291b4512a94bf24b8aacd23baa56b6db9aedbf62fd22991a41
Homepage: https://www.exiv2.org/
Description-en: EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.
It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP
metadata of images in various formats
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Exiv2 command line utility to:
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* print Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata in different formats:
- Exif summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag
* set, add and delete Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata from command line
modify commands or command scripts
* adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...)
* rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp
* extract, insert and delete Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata and JPEG comments
* extract previews from RAW images and thumbnails from the Exif metadata
* insert and delete the thumbnail image embedded in the Exif metadata
* print, set and delete the JPEG comment of JPEG images
* fix the Exif ISO setting of picture taken with Canon and Nikon cameras
Description-md5: aeba4b7189f937a626d0f2ef05b13cbb