How to Install and Uninstall libmagic-mgc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libmagic-mgc" package

Please follow the steps below to install libmagic-mgc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libmagic-mgc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libmagic-mgc
Source: file
Version: 1:5.44-3
Installed-Size: 8130
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libmagic1 (<< 1:5.28-4~)
Breaks: libmagic1 (<< 1:5.28-4~)
Description: File type determination library using "magic" numbers (compiled magic file)
Description-md5: c07466749281f11241806ce6580a59bb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic-mgc_5.44-3_amd64.deb
Size: 304888
MD5sum: bebcc2bc9111356e9c45e6b9c9bd929c
SHA256: bad01673ba5dfb9b5db4f3ae6a71f18d492cb6801eab45ad3c7d483c0a1f6ad2