How to Install and Uninstall extract Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "extract" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install extract on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall extract on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: extract
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.11-1
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: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Recommends: libextractor-plugins-all
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libextractor/extract_1.11-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10676
MD5sum: 5c3f4f08c9f3b670a3b5bb6e933b7e8e
SHA1: 344b04385d16a811f7be6dac8566b407cda6251d
SHA256: f9dfaea477fac35653a7706b59570141fb7119bad827b25b8c47ffb850785c72
SHA512: 4bf94cc7901301cec5a3eeddc470872dedb0851c8c992e447e4da40b2a30b31a7e8228c312bd7605cf0d5818e86167d972453ca5e1277bcc2be4ab65c9bad3a3
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