How to Install and Uninstall file Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "file" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install file on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall file on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.39-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
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 (= 1:5.39-3)
Breaks: debhelper (<< 12.2~)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.39-3_amd64.deb
Size: 23724
MD5sum: 1208db4e7060ea559713e41c4923ce96
SHA1: 6a6b1aab4adbd8ecacada00b0a283b6fc4e87e65
SHA256: 35026fbafc19318af137c8784a14e6c9967207c9dfb247cf8965d08d781d6328
SHA512: 3021207d396ac3da0c6b3b8d5eba9da526d0f64f17e3373b65532893a6cf7f630340fc65d02b4ddfaff38c38170e876245073b078debab45c7351f391de6d646
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: standard