How to Install and Uninstall libmagic1 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libmagic1 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libmagic1" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libmagic1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmagic1
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmagic1" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libmagic1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmagic1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmagic1 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libmagic1
Source: file
Version: 1:5.44-3
Installed-Size: 232
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libmagic-mgc (= 1:5.44-3)
Suggests: file
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - library
Description-md5: 7c626dcc59dd225f2ce4a3522fed96e2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic1_5.44-3_amd64.deb
Size: 103752
MD5sum: c32639ffdf6532d070fad8f2051d1efb
SHA256: a241c2adc7438a7e217f32544028489981768a349d3e48673392703255c7b88e