{"id":33322,"date":"2021-01-31T16:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33322"},"modified":"2021-01-31T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:23:42","slug":"kid3-audio-tag-editor-3-8-5-released-how-to-install-via-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/kid3-audio-tag-editor-3-8-5-released-how-to-install-via-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid3 Audio Tag Editor 3.8.5 Released, How to Install via Ubuntu PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kid3-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kid3 audio tagger 3.8.5 was released today as a new bug-fix release which however includes also some minor new features.<\/p>\n<p>Kid3 3.8.5 adds ability to <b>change the language via Settings -> Appearance<\/b>, though app needs a restart to apply change.<\/p>\n<p>It also brings &#8220;<b>Invert Selection<\/b>&#8221; option under Edit menu, command option &#8220;<b>config<\/b>&#8221; to query and set configuration options, and script to rewrite all tags of the selected files.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Import multiple genres from Discogs and MusicBrainz.<\/li>\n<li>Support import from Discogs JSON API when token is provided.<\/li>\n<li>Allow code signing for Mac OS<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash issue when adding Chapter frame.<\/li>\n<li>Fix support for ID3v2 Podcast Category (TCAT) and Podcast Keywords (TKWD).<\/li>\n<li>Fix support for multiple genres with ID3v2.3.0.<\/li>\n<li>Fix support for MP4 values with multiple strings with TagLib.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/kid385.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33323\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Kid3 3.8.5 in Ubuntu via PPA:<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ufleisch\/+archive\/ubuntu\/kid3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Kid3 PPA<\/a> has made the new packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Linux Mint 20, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open <u>terminal<\/u> either from application launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ufleisch\/kid3<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"159\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal-450x128.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If an old version was installed, upgrade Kid3 using <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-450x315.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade kid3 via software updater\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-450x315.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade to the latest tag editor:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install kid3-qt<\/pre>\n<p><i>You may replace <code>kid3-qt<\/code> with <code>kid3<\/code> in the code for KDE integration, and\/or with <code>kid3-cli<\/code> for the command-line interface<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, either open <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b> tab and remove the relevant line, or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ufleisch\/kid3<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the audio tag editor, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --auto-remove kid3 kid3-*<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kid3 audio tagger 3.8.5 was released today as a new bug-fix release which however includes also some minor new features. Kid3 3.8.5 adds ability to change the language via Settings -> Appearance, though app needs a restart to apply change. 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