cmd:mp3rename

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Basic Info

Usage

for command-line options

mp3rename --help

to see how format strings work

mp3rename --format_help

Info

Description

mp3rename is a command-line utility designed to help keep vast amounts of mp3s easy to read and access by keeping nasty characters and odd formatting conventions away.

Features

Source

http://mp3rename.sourceforge.net/

Related Urls

Comments

Actively maintained, +1
Perl program, +1
Has a XML-based config file. +1

Help

Quick Help

-I, --new_id3               Set id3 tags only if there is no current tag.
-n, --name_id3              Use id3 tag data to set the filename.
-R, --replace <str1>/<str2> Replaces <str1> with <str2> in the filename
                                before parsing.

-p, --prompt                Prompt for each change (default).
-P, --no_prompt             Don't prompt for each change.

Detail Help

Version 3.5, under Debain

Current Version: 3.5 from 2003-09-04, as of 2005.07.24.

Dependencies

The MP3::Info, MP3::Tag, and the Term::Readline::Gnu modules need to be in stalled,

Installation

Steps

debfoster libmp3-info-perl libmp3-tag-perl libterm-readline-gnu-perl

tfe /linux/linux_bin/tgzs/mp3rename-3.5.tar.gz
cd mp3rename-*

Tell mp3rename installer that modules are installed already, set its permissions

make nomodules

Install mp3rename globally

cp ./mp3rename.pl /opt/bin/mp3rename

Help

Working History

$ tfe /linux/linux_bin/tgzs/mp3rename-3.5.tar.gz
mp3rename-3.5/
mp3rename-3.5/CHANGELOG
mp3rename-3.5/COPYING
mp3rename-3.5/Makefile
mp3rename-3.5/README
mp3rename-3.5/mp3rename.pl

$ acsr readline
libterm-readline-gnu-perl - Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library

$ acsr 'lib.*-perl' | grep mp3
libmp3-info-perl - Perl MP3::Info - Manipulate / fetch info from MP3 audio files.
libmp3-tag-perl - Module for reading tags of MP3 audio files

% debfoster libmp3-info-perl libmp3-tag-perl libterm-readline-gnu-perl
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libcompress-zlib-perl libunicode-string-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcompress-zlib-perl libmp3-info-perl libmp3-tag-perl
  libterm-readline-gnu-perl libunicode-string-perl
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 320kB of archives.
After unpacking 1184kB of additional disk space will be used.

$ make
Make options (you type these after 'make'):
[If you don't know what this means, type 'make setup'.]
setup           = Compiles the associated modules.
modules         = Installs the modules. Run as root.
nomodules       = Test the mp3rename script and set its permissions.
update          = Same as nomodules.
local           = Install the script in the user's bin directory.
global          = Install the script globally (in /usr/bin/). Run as root.
uninstall       = Delete the script.
clean           = Clean the module directories.

$ make -n global
echo "Installing Globally..."
cp ./mp3rename.pl /usr/bin/mp3rename
echo "Done."
echo ""

Ref, uninstall

Goal

Installed MP3::Info from cpan

perl -MCPAN -e 'install MP3::Info'

but found the native Debian package.

Need to uninstall the CPAN MP3::Info.

Solution

No working solution.

Trying History

make uninstall

cd /var/cpan/build/MP3-Info-1.13/

$ make uninstall
Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated, the uninstallation was not performed.
We will show what would have been done.

no packlist file found:  at /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 318.
make: *** [uninstall_from_sitedirs] Error 2

use ExtUtils::Install

SYNOPSIS

use ExtUtils::Install;
install({ 'blib/lib' => 'some/install/dir' } );
uninstall($packlist);

% perl -MExtUtils::Install -e 'uninstall("MP3::Info")'
no packlist file found: MP3::Info at /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 318.

% perl -MExtUtils::Install -e 'uninstall("MP3::Info",1,1)'
no packlist file found: MP3::Info at /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 318.

uninstall

uninstall($packlist_file);
uninstall($packlist_file, $verbose, $dont_execute);

Removes the files listed in a $packlist_file.

If $verbose is true, will print out each file removed. Default is false.

If $dont_execute is true it will only print what it was going to do
without actually doing it. Default is false.

Version 3.0b5, under RedHat

File size

Build & Installation

Install Term::Readline::Gnu

The Term::Readline::Gnu modules need to be manually installed (not in CPAN).

ccd /lib
lns libtermcap.so.2.0.8 libtermcap.so
ldconfig
ldconfig -p | grep -Ei 'termcap|ncureses|curses'

rpmih readline-devel-4.3-3.i386.rpm
cd Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.13/
perl Makefile.PL
make
ThePkg=$(basename $(pwd))
rm -f /tmp/install.log
make install | tee /export/archives/install-logs/$ThePkg.log.1

Steps

The MP3::Info modules need to be installed (by root)

perl -MCPAN -e 'install MP3::Info'

Tell mp3rename installer that modules are installed already

make nomodules

Install mp3rename globally

$ make -n global
echo "Installing Globally..."
cp ./mp3rename.pl /usr/bin/mp3rename
echo "Done."
echo ""

cp ./mp3rename.pl /opt/bin/mp3rename
chmod 755 /opt/bin/mp3rename