Beets is a command-line music library manager and a powerful music library organizer designed to allow you to better organize and manage your music collection. In this guide, we will show you how to install Beets on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we start the installation process, ensure that you have the following requirements:
To install Beets on Kali Linux, we first need to update the repository and install dependencies by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y libchromaprint-tools libyaml-dev python3-dev python3-pip
These commands will ensure that your system is up-to-date and has all the necessary dependencies.
Now, let's install Beets. You can install Beets using pip3 by running the following command:
sudo pip3 install beets
Once the installation is complete, you can verify that Beets is installed by running the following command:
beet version
This command will display the installed Beets version.
Before using Beets, you need to configure it. Beets comes with a sample configuration file that you can copy to your home directory:
cp /usr/local/etc/beets/config.yaml ~/.config/beets/
Now you can edit the configuration file to suit your needs by running:
nano ~/.config/beets/config.yaml
Once you have completed the configuration, you can use Beets to organize your music library. Here are some examples:
Importing music:
beet import /path/to/music
Fetching music metadata:
beet fetch
Fixing filenames:
beet move
Searching your library:
beet ls artist:Queen
For more information on how to use Beets, check out the official documentation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Beets on Kali Linux Latest.
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