What I mean by this is that when I want to use exiftool, do I need to change my current directory to where exiftool is saved. For example, if exif tool is installed in a folder called EXIF in home, will I have to enter:
cd /home/myusername/EXIF/Image-ExifTool-12.67? Or can I still use exiftool when in home directory. Sorry for the dumb question, I just moved to linux not long ago.
Exiftool can be in any directory that is listed in the PATH env variable. A quick Google search shows that you can see the PATH on linux by typing
echo $PATH
This page (https://phoenixnap.com/kb/linux-add-to-path) appears to have a good explanation including how to permanently add a directory to the PATH.
It should automatically be placed in the PATH if you install it on your system (https://exiftool.org/install.html#Unix).
- Phil