How to Install and Uninstall libfile-libmagic-perl Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libfile-libmagic-perl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfile-libmagic-perl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfile-libmagic-perl" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libfile-libmagic-perl 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 libfile-libmagic-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libfile-libmagic-perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 64
Depends: perl (>= 5.26.1-2ubuntu1), perlapi-5.26.1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (>= 5.13)
Filename: pool/universe/libf/libfile-libmagic-perl/libfile-libmagic-perl_1.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21276
MD5sum: 42ad675b7f6ea94c20ff214ad2a3f435
SHA1: e30b54ebbd74bd620c669102e805ae7b9356445c
SHA256: b8100db9f83221aeecbf8a107653db6152ea2247365738bde1317d8d0ccf23c5
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/File-LibMagic
Description: Perl interface to libmagic for determining file type
Description-md5: da8e17fe637b6c3dd436be9fbf734ef1