### Install whatlastgenre

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Install the package using the setup script.

```bash
python setup.py install
```

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### Install optional dependencies

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Install additional packages for specific features like Discogs or caching.

```bash
pip install rauth
```

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### Install dependencies via pip

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Use pip to install the required Python packages.

```bash
pip install mutagen requests
```

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### Execution examples

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Common command-line patterns for running whatlastgenre on music directories.

```bash
whatlastgenre -vn /media/music
```

```bash
whatlastgenre -l 3 /media/music /home/user/music
```

```bash
whatlastgenre -r /media/music
```

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### Install dependencies on Debian-based systems

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Use apt-get to install the required Python packages at the system level.

```bash
apt-get install python-mutagen python-requests
```

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### Example configuration file

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

A template showing the structure of the ~/.whatlastgenre/config file with default settings for sources, genres, and scoring.

```ini
[wlg]
sources = discogs, lastfm, redacted
whitelist =
tagsfile =
id3v23sep =
[genres]
love = trip-rock
hate = alternative, electronic, indie, pop, rock
[scores]
artist = 1.33
various = 0.66
splitup = 0.33
minimum = 0.10
src_discogs = 1.00
src_lastfm = 0.66
src_mbrainz = 0.66
src_redacted = 1.50
[discogs]
token =
secret =
[redacted]
username =
password =
session =
```

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### Set PYTHONPATH for manual installation

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/plugin/beets/README.md

Use this if whatlastgenre was not installed via pip and needs to be manually added to the path.

```bash
export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:~/git/whatlastgenre"
```

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### Run whatlastgenre without installation

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Execute the script directly from the cloned directory.

```bash
./whatlastgenre
```

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### Command-line usage help

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Displays the available command-line arguments and options for the whatlastgenre utility.

```text
usage: whatlastgenre [-h] [-v] [-n] [-u] [-l N] [-r] [-d] path [path ...]

positional arguments:
  path                 path(s) to scan for albums

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose        verbose output (-vv for debug) (default: 0)
  -n, --dry            don't save metadata (default: False)
  -u, --update-cache   force cache update (default: False)
  -l N, --tag-limit N  max. number of genre tags (default: 4)
  -r, --release        get release info from redacted (default: False)
  -d, --difflib        enable difflib matching (slow) (default: False)
```

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### Configure plugin path

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/plugin/beets/README.md

Point beets to the plugin directory if it is not automatically registered.

```yaml
pluginpath:
    ~/git/whatlastgenre/plugin/beets/beetsplug
```

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### Configure beets plugin

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/plugin/beets/README.md

Add the plugin to your beets configuration file and set the auto-fetch behavior.

```yaml
plugins: wlg

wlg:
    auto: yes
    force: no
```

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### Configure wlg plugin options

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/plugin/beets/README.md

Additional configuration options available within the beets config file.

```yaml
wlg:
    auto: no
    force: no
    count: 4
    separator: ', '
    whitelist: wlg
```

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### Run wlg manually

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/plugin/beets/README.md

Command line usage for the beets wlg plugin.

```text
Usage: beet wlg [options]

Options:
  -h, --help          show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose       verbose output (-vv for debug)
  -f, --force         force overwrite existing genres
  -u, --update-cache  force update cache
```

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### Perform a debug dry run

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Execute a dry run with verbose output to identify tag handling issues and save the results to a log file.

```bash
whatlastgenre -nvv /media/music > /tmp/wlg.log
```

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### Analyze tag log output

Source: https://github.com/yetanothernerd/whatlastgenre/blob/master/README.md

Filter and sort the generated log file to identify tag frequencies for whitelist or alias improvements.

```bash
grep ^tag /tmp/wlg.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -r | less
```

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