Packages and Binaries:

libimage-exiftool-perl

Image::ExifTool is a customizable set of Perl modules plus a full-featured command-line application called exiftool for reading and writing meta information in a wide variety of files, including the maker note information of many digital cameras by various manufacturers such as Canon, Casio, DJI, FLIR, FujiFilm, GE, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony.

The following modules/packages are recommended for specific features, e.g. decoding compressed and/or encrypted information from the indicated file types, calculating digest values for some information types, etc.:

  • Archive::Zip / libarchive-zip-perl: ZIP, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, ODP, ODS, ODT, EIP, iWork
  • Unicode::LineBreak / libunicode-linebreak-perl: for column-alignment of alternate language output
  • POSIX::strptime / libposix-strptime-perl: for inverse date/time conversion
  • Time::Piece (in perl core): alternative to POSIX::strptime
  • IO::Compress::RawDeflate + IO::Uncompress::RawInflate (in perl core): for reading FLIF images
  • Compress::Raw::Lzma / libcompress-raw-lzma-perl: for reading encoded 7z files
  • IO::Compress::Brotli + IO::Uncompress::Brotli / libio-compress-brotli-perl: for writing/reading compressed JXL metadata

Installed size: 23.18 MB
How to install: sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

Dependencies:
  • perl
exiftool

Read and write meta information in files

root@kali:~# exiftool -h
Syntax:  exiftool [OPTIONS] FILE

Consult the exiftool documentation for a full list of options.

Updated on: 2024-Feb-16