How to Install and Uninstall extract Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the extract on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "extract" package

This is a short guide on how to install extract on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                extract
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "extract" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall extract on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                extract
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the extract package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: extract
Source: libextractor
Version: 1:1.11-7
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Recommends: libextractor-plugins-all
Description: displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type
Description-md5: adb63ea5387b4686cf923e5466e478be
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::scanning,
works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libextractor/extract_1.11-7_amd64.deb
Size: 23868
MD5sum: 150830a6ab7a5d5aa1306e8d75b03d54
SHA256: 2fb671bba07c3ca105ddb9533cfc016faf8b19949aa27eb196ddc68da793d037