In this guide, we will explore the process of installing EasyTAG on Ubuntu 20.04. EasyTAG is a GTK+ editor designed for managing audio file tags.

EasyTAG offers the following features:

• Viewing, editing, and writing tags for MP3, MP2 (ID3 tag), FLAC (FLAC Vorbis tag), Ogg Opus, Ogg Speex, and Ogg Vorbis files (Ogg Vorbis tag), MP4/M4A/AAC files (MPEG-4 Part 10 tag), MusePack, and Monkey’s Audio files (APE tag).
• Auto tagging: Parsing file and directory names using masks to automatically fill in tag fields.
• Cover art support for all supported formats.
• Renaming files based on tag fields (using masks) or by loading a text file.
• Processing selected files within the chosen directory.
• Ability to browse subdirectories and use recursion for tagging, removing, renaming, saving, etc.
• Setting a field (artist, title, etc.) on all other selected files.
• Reading file header information (bitrate, time, etc.) and displaying it.
• Undo and redo functionality for the last changes made.
• Processing tag fields and file names (converting letters into uppercase, lowercase, etc.).
• Opening a directory or a file with an external program.
• CDDB support (via HTTP protocol).
• A tree-based browser, a list for file selection, a playlist generator window, a file searching window, and a simple and explicit interface.

There are three methods to install EasyTAG on Ubuntu 20.04: using apt-get, apt, and aptitude. The upcoming sections will provide a detailed explanation of each method, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your preferences.

Install Easytag Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install easytag using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install easytag

Install Easytag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install easytag using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install easytag

Install easytag Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install easytag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install easytag

How To Uninstall Easytag on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the easytag package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove easytag

Uninstall Easytag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall easytag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove easytag

Remove easytag Configurations and Data

To remove easytag configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge easytag

Remove easytag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove easytag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge easytag