How To Install Id3tag In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Id3tag In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

id3tag

Tool for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags of MP3 files.

Maintainer: Stefan Ott



Section: sound

Install id3tag

  • Debian apt-get install libid3-tools Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install libid3-tools Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S id3lib Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install libid3-tools Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install id3lib Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install libid3-tools Click to copy
  • macOS brew install id3lib Click to copy

Tool for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags of MP3 files.

How to use id3tag?

Below are few example commands for id3tag that you can use in the terminal.

Set artist and title tag of an MP3 file:
id3tag --artist=artist --title=title path/to/file.mp3Click to copy
Set album title of all MP3 files in the current directory:
id3tag --album=album *.mp3Click to copy
Get more help:
id3tag --helpClick to copy
To install the latest version of id3tag in your favorite operating system just copy the id3tag installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of id3tag 2026 package in your OS.