id3 command not found

Introduction

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

id3: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: id3: command not found

Solutions to id3: command not found

How To Fix id3: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu id3 is provided by id3 package.

id3 is:

A command-line based program that can list, modify, or delete ID3 tags from a file. ID3 tags are a way of identifying streaming music files. You can store Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year, and Genre in a tag, as well as a 28-character comment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install id3

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

You can also use apt command to install id3.

sudo apt -y install id3

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

sudo aptitude install id3

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix id3 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.