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Install python-mutagen on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-mutagen

Learn how to install python-mutagen with the command sudo apt-get install python-mutagen on Ubuntus.

Quick installation of python-mutagen:

Step 1: Update system:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: python-mutagen

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

sudo apt-get install python-mutagen

Package Details

Package:python-mutagen
Version:1.20-1ubuntu1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Mutagen
Description:audio metadata editing library Mutagen is a Python module to handle audio metadata. It supports FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Speex, Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis, True Audio, and WavPack audio files. All versions of ID3v2 are supported, and all standard ID3v2.4 frames are parsed. It can read Xing headers to accurately calculate the bitrate and length of MP3s. ID3 and APEv2 tags can be edited regardless of audio format. It can also manipulate Ogg streams on an individual packet/page level. Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Mutagen Python-Version: 2.7
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:python

How to install python-mutagen on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If python-mutagen is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L python-mutagen' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L python-mutagen
Package `python-mutagen' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing python-mutagen:

After system update use the following command to install python-mutagen:

sudo apt-get install python-mutagen

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove python-mutagen from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the python-mutagen from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the python-mutagen following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  python-mutagen

Following command is used to remove the python-mutagen package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove python-mutagen

This will remove python-mutagen and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing python-mutagen with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge python-mutagen

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove python-mutagen

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with python-mutagen package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.

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