How to Install and Uninstall extract Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "extract" package

This guide let you learn how to install extract on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall extract on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: extract
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.10-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: libextractor
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bertrand Marc
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Recommends: libextractor-plugin-all
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libextractor/extract_1.10-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10812
MD5sum: c9eeb9387713e4bb4c840c249105bf25
SHA1: b392eb9050d3cf9ef422a16e82ae9d20851e69af
SHA256: ae069aaf9b7a76bdef9484366373edb3c9ffbf348343b5904a993fb17c08045c
SHA512: e8c5bf3b43a3604039b0946b322958ef687f5c511b59ad6681c50f8cb7acd41da767e4f1aeb1b800300a450dc869e2afce81655f11bee53901b39f68473745f7
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
Description-en: 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: adb63ea5387b4686cf923e5466e478be