How to Install and Uninstall libextractor-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libextractor-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libextractor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libextractor-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libextractor-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libextractor-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libextractor-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libextractor
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bertrand Marc
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 48
Depends: libextractor3 (= 1:1.6-2)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libextractor/libextractor-dev_1.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 9340
MD5sum: 4582b53df66d74735c6a569211258ef6
SHA1: 4f181ef1444c1deaced1aee5568011074f0b2c32
SHA256: 7f0b4575ba8e972c0d72aefff17c60b82d79d71c28fc9bd3f7fd48e197a9d042
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
Description: extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (development)
Description-md5: e1a21ba194bb73e3905cd5fbfce88fb4