How to Install and Uninstall exiv2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "exiv2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install exiv2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall exiv2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: exiv2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6
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: 243
Depends: libexiv2-14 (= 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/e/exiv2/exiv2_0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6_amd64.deb
Size: 75160
MD5sum: be03672b4a69f60002baf3aefe5e32d5
SHA1: ec661e95780808bf365eec230076d017a6caa2dd
SHA256: 5b0d03095fab4440bbf4c9af1097ba61e00e2ed3b99508d25dc9943748f01d91
SHA512: e0aefc3b48264285420b50cf9cae7b1cb17fd4ae491edde6d8deb64ca7260666f0524101b597cf9705bb4695e10f62f53c43f8c97608275dda228cfc2bbcd79b
Homepage: http://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
Task: ubuntustudio-photography
Supported: 3y

Package: exiv2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Installed-Size: 238
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.25-2.1
Depends: libexiv2-14 (= 0.25-2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/e/exiv2/exiv2_0.25-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 74834
MD5sum: 04935786a7562f6ccc1a02e13baf60e6
SHA1: 7141ead4fa1bbd6b0faa675792d96643ae5621e6
SHA256: bf3eba36529db9215a3134ac3e03388d713b4a8032d3c09f0b759f7ed4798607
Description-en: EXIF/IPTC 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
.
Exiv2 command line utility to:
.
* 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: c8fa9746ce0a293f6daef57fe4efa73a
Homepage: http://www.exiv2.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntustudio-photography