# MiniExiftool 1.0.0 released

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**Created:** [September 12, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/miniexiftool-1-0-0-released/148444 "2008-09-12T22:42:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/miniexiftool-1-0-0-released/148444/1 "2008-09-12T22:42:03Z")

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MiniExiftool version 1.0.0 released!

[http://miniexiftool.rubyforge.org/](http://miniexiftool.rubyforge.org/)

MiniExiftool is a wrapper library for the Exiftool command-line  
application (www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) written by Phil  
Harvay. One of the completest tool for reading and writing meta  
informations (EXIF, IPTC, XMP) on image files which supports many file  
formats including raw formats.

Installation:  
gem install mini\_exiftool

or alternative download the tarball and run  
ruby setup.rb config  
ruby setup.rb setup  
sudo ruby setup.rb install

Tutorial:  
[http://miniexiftool.rubyforge.org/files/Tutorial.html](http://miniexiftool.rubyforge.org/files/Tutorial.html)

Changes:

- Changing in the interface:
  - List tags (e.g. Keywords, SupplementalCategories) are now handled  
as arrays.
  - Tag SubjectLocation is not longer an array value but a string  
value!