How to Install and Uninstall libmagic-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libmagic-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmagic-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmagic-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libmagic-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.45-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: file
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 363
Depends: libmagic1 (= 1:5.45-2)
Suggests: file
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_5.45-2_amd64.deb
Size: 104504
MD5sum: 44060ba65922ff348fc65d4454a07776
SHA1: 0c48d7055681eb54f1a6f8838c000ccd08958a56
SHA256: c156ae8eba97dbb7956dfdb6547be46507d188650f305cfc2c2ef3db33ddaa33
SHA512: 009fb4b96d3b83cc3c9a090fd7ff12c06007f5a5cc4ccc36b7b364f5089d8f5b09a15973565548041bd5a0f94e99b1a7b63f88af5afee72f2e7475cbb53a70a8
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development
Description-md5: 93c5eb9eca91d43fe4e08b91dec0e076