Introduction:
The ExifTool is a really useful Linux application that is used for displaying the metadata of images and other media files as well. It includes all the relevant information that you might want to know about your media files such as file extension, file permission, creation/ modification time, etc. In this guide, we will learn to install the ExifTool on a Linux Mint 20.3 system.
How to install the ExifTool on Linux Mint 20.3?
It is very easy to install the ExifTool on a Linux Mint 20.3 system and you will realize it by going through the following procedure:
Step # 1: Executing the Update Command:
Before doing anything else, we need to execute the update command for resolving all the dependency issues in the manner shown below:
$ sudo apt-get update
Step # 2: Running the Installation Command:
Once the execution of the update command is done, we will run the installation command for the ExifTool as shown in the following image:
$ sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl
How to use the ExifTool for Displaying the Metadata of an Image File?
As an additional tip, we would also like to tell you how you can use the ExifTool for displaying the metadata of an image file. For doing so, you will have to run the command shown below:
$ exiftool Sample.jpeg
Here, we had a JPEG file whose metadata we wanted to extract. The name of this file was “Sample.jpeg”. You can replace it with the name of any of your desired image file or any other media file followed by its respective extension.
The metadata of our specified image file is shown in the following image:
How to remove the ExifTool from Linux Mint 20.3?
If you want to remove the ExifTool from your Linux Mint 20.3 system, then you can simply run the command stated below:
$ sudo apt-get purge --autoremove libimage-exiftool-perl
Conclusion:
By following this guide, you can easily install the ExifTool on a Linux Mint 20.3 system. Using this tool, you will be able to extract the meta information of your desired media files very conveniently.
Karim Buzdar holds a degree in telecommunication engineering and holds several sysadmin certifications including CCNA RS, SCP, and ACE. As an IT engineer and technical author, he writes for various websites.
