How to Install and Uninstall file Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "file" package

Learn how to install file on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall file on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 81
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (= 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.32-2ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 22072
MD5sum: 6d840cd2fb81ff2643aaded594533471
SHA1: f0db147ac9b8eacad8e95e5c9f6fe3a1c6e37bfb
SHA256: 6145f715ce851cc535326591e8f8fa8d76e24def7159698a2b14060de90a8e34
SHA512: a27932d125174448cfb055946cf4d2d9b61cc0608806465c82d71e222c3437fa33c6b6255361f38026c752b502b7c21f399af4f310cfc28eb59f7922176c8778
Homepage: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.32-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 80
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (= 1:5.32-2)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.32-2_amd64.deb
Size: 22056
MD5sum: d48e6be26be9861f101aeadf93410881
SHA1: 3119b6438ec19d4ea65bddc2c5a547d0fe9a0ed9
SHA256: 8ab11e14a555a0a3e2ee628b81736497bf2792c984e76937e10fbbaf36aa13d4
Homepage: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y