How to Install and Uninstall libmagic-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 18,2024

1. Install "libmagic-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libmagic-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmagic-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmagic-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmagic-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmagic-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmagic-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libmagic-dev
Source: file
Version: 1:5.35-4+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 370
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libmagic1 (= 1:5.35-4+deb10u2)
Suggests: file
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development
Description-md5: 93c5eb9eca91d43fe4e08b91dec0e076
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_5.35-4+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 129704
MD5sum: c45541d784b64953f43a4e232fec3b61
SHA256: 5830ca72c11fb68902fbdb78cc1c201bd4ddcba258aad231034905bd4eb4b0cc

Package: libmagic-dev
Source: file
Version: 1:5.35-4+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 370
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libmagic1 (= 1:5.35-4+deb10u1)
Suggests: file
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development
Description-md5: 93c5eb9eca91d43fe4e08b91dec0e076
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Multi-Arch: same
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_5.35-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 129584
MD5sum: 19a9317e02600eb92b9ca4547d44eb3a
SHA256: 4e1c795babdc2606743eba05dc863ad906d41c2d8e286d26ff235170da40f27b