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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "file" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install file on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall file on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.38-5
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: 86
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (= 1:5.38-5)
Breaks: debhelper (<< 12.2~)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.38-5_amd64.deb
Size: 23324
MD5sum: e3638e30dbcdf582c14cb0d903f7a594
SHA1: 84f7220bbe042844157b61f525e155b843db6d51
SHA256: 0263ea0109bc93ba0138ccec36cabc183cd56499d2486103a8f00147ddc6890e
SHA512: e440fe023b3b0c414c4470d34d326eaffc9d4c1501c3d9d1c0c7c27cbed4123f550f4888f0e1bba243c7dd7627e2926a21579767ffaa7f6add4ab09d4e9a3437
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description-en: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
The file command is "a file type guesser", a command-line tool that
tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.
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This package contains the file program itself.
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Task: minimal