easytag command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix easytag command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

easytag: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: easytag: command not found

In Ubuntu easytag is provided by easytag package.

easytag is:

EasyTAG is an utility for viewing, editing and writing the tags of different audio files, using a GTK+ interface.

Currently EasyTAG supports the following:

View, edit, write tags of MP3, MP2 files (ID3 tag), FLAC files (FLAC Vorbis tag), Ogg Opus, Ogg Speex and Ogg Vorbis files (Ogg Vorbis tag), MP4/M4A/AAC files (MPEG-4 Part 10 tag), and MusePack, Monkey’s Audio files (APE tag);
Auto tagging: parse file and directory names using masks to automatically fill in tag fields;
Cover art support for all formats;
Rename files from the tag fields (using masks) or by loading a text file;
Process selected files of the selected directory;
Ability to browse subdirectories;
Recursion for tagging, removing, renaming, saving, etc;
Can set a field (artist, title, …) on all other selected files;
Read file header information (bitrate, time, …) and display it;
Undo and redo last changes;
Ability to process tag fields and file names (convert letters into uppercase, lowercase, etc);
Ability to open a directory or a file with an external program;
CDDB support (from http protocol);
A tree based browser;
A list to select files;
A playlist generator window;
A file searching window;
Simple and explicit interface.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install easytag

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install easytag.

sudo apt -y install easytag

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install easytag

In this tutorial we learn how to fix easytag command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.