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title: Install Extended File Attribute Editor on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Extended File Attribute Editor for Linux -
  Extended file attribute (xattr), POSIX stat & binary header editor
url: https://snapcraft.io/xattr-metadata-editor
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# Extended File Attribute Editor (xattr-metadata-editor)

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latest/stable 1.0.0

Install latest/stable of Extended File Attribute Editor

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install xattr-metadata-editor
```

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### Package name

* xattr-metadata-editor

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/xattr-metadata-editor#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/xattr-metadata-editor#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/xattr-metadata-editor#tab-security)

#### Extended file attribute (xattr), POSIX stat & binary header editor

Extended File Attribute Editor is a desktop file property browser, Linux user.\*
extended attribute editor, and binary header metadata reader for Linux systems.
An independent Linux alternative to file property and extended metadata utilities
such as PropertySystemView, getfattr, and setfattr, it inspects POSIX inode records,
edits user.\* extended attributes on supported filesystems, and parses embedded
container headers directly from disk.

Key Features:

* Live Extended File Attributes (xattr): Reads, adds, updates, and deletes user.\*
  namespace attributes (such as user.comment, user.tags, user.category, and
  xdg.origin.url) via native Linux xattr system calls with clean handling for
  filesystems that do not enable extended attributes.
* POSIX Inode & Stat Inspector: Displays full inode number, octal and symbolic
  mode bits, link counts, resolved owner UID/GID names, allocated 512-byte blocks,
  and high-precision access, modification, and metadata change timestamps.
* Pure-Python Binary Header Reader: Extracts embedded metadata from PNG (IHDR,
  pHYs, tEXt, iTXt), JPEG (JFIF, EXIF IFD0, SOF dimensions), PDF (/Info dictionary),
  MP3 (ID3v2 text frames), ELF executables (64/32-bit class, ABI, machine type),
  and ZIP archives without external helper processes.
* Batch Tagging & Structured Export: Applies or removes user.\* attribute tags
  across multiple selected files and exports complete property tables to CSV and JSON.

Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by NirSoft or Microsoft Corporation.

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## Install Extended File Attribute Editor on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/xattr-metadata-editor/ubuntu)