How to Install and Uninstall id3v2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "id3v2" package

This tutorial shows how to install id3v2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install id3v2

2. Uninstall "id3v2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall id3v2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove id3v2 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the id3v2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: id3v2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 78
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stefan Ott
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.12-2.1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libid3-3.8.3v5, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/i/id3v2/id3v2_0.1.12-2.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 19922
MD5sum: 85c83985c05e16ba69babd93555e7a33
SHA1: bc95cb3a0f1f96a135c20cab64a192c5707d4629
SHA256: 962bbd521c996446d01fb9f4e0736c42f6377bea710322b0ffe8686969ba2c28
Description-en: A command line id3v2 tag editor
A command-line tool to add, modify, remove, or view ID3v2 tags, as well as
convert or list ID3v1 tags. ID3 tags are commonly embedded in compressed
music files such as MP3 and are the standard way to more fully describe the
work than would normally be allowed by putting the information in the
filename.
Description-md5: a225873108ca81ab798532e78a13ad45
Homepage: http://id3v2.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu