id3tool command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix id3tool command not found error message

Introduction

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

id3tool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: id3tool: command not found

Solutions to id3tool: command not found

How To Fix id3tool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu id3tool is provided by id3tool package.

id3tool is:

A simple and complete editor for ID3 tags in MP3 files. ID3 tags are a way of identifying mp3 music files - you can store Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year, and Genre in a tag, as well as a 28-character comment.

Highly recommended for scripting and bulk operations where you need to edit id3 tags from scripts.

Can also be used to read id3 tags.

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

sudo apt-get -y install id3tool

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

You can also use apt command to install id3tool.

sudo apt -y install id3tool

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

sudo aptitude install id3tool

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix id3tool command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.