How to Install and Uninstall extract Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "extract" package

This is a short guide on how to install extract on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall extract on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: extract
Source: libextractor
Version: 1:1.13-3
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Recommends: libextractor-plugins-all
Size: 24352
SHA256: 4e3b0c59c428d3b9fe425f7ac8e38239d6840a92a80aaabf817d1a4da6d2c687
SHA1: 8d937037077ddbe456207a52a061b43551e26547
MD5sum: 11613d5e41db25f81c67778c09f62dd7
Description: displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type
Similar to the well-known "file" command, extract can display meta-data from a
file and print the results to stdout.
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Currently, libextractor supports the following formats: HTML, MAN, PS, DVI,
OLE2 (DOC, XLS, PPT), OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), FLAC,
MP3 (ID3v1 and ID3v2), OGG, WAV, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), XM (eXtended Module),
IT (Impulse Tracker), NSF(E) (NES music), SID (C64 music), EXIV2, JPEG, GIF,
PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), LZH, LHA, RAR, ZIP, CAB, 7-ZIP, AR, MTREE, PAX,
CPIO, ISO9660, SHAR, RAW, XAR, FLV, REAL, RIFF (AVI), MPEG, QT and ASF.
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Also, various additional MIME types are detected. It can also be used to
compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160).
Description-md5:
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_1.13-3_amd64.deb