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

Last updated: May 05,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "file" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall file on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: file
Version: 1:5.44-3
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmagic1 (= 1:5.44-3)
Breaks: debhelper (<< 12.2~)
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Tag: admin::forensics, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::analysing, use::scanning,
works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.44-3_amd64.deb
Size: 42472
MD5sum: 329eb8feb264d28bf27d8c47d637fa26
SHA256: 2c57221bf8cc0ff5d2295ececb9215cc1b9ff9040dacb152c385bba3087ab1df