How to Install and Uninstall file Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "file" package

Learn how to install file on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall file on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.41-4
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: 83
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmagic1 (= 1:5.41-4)
Breaks: debhelper (<< 12.2~)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.41-4_amd64.deb
Size: 21512
MD5sum: a37721bd219a952476ae918e720779d5
SHA1: 6c9ce6fc604f63afb20663fa7c4934cd87eda0c0
SHA256: a4b1e16008ecf81a3ab5eaf949adba23fd9b026aed57bbb0f3a95c26f73b5db9
SHA512: db63f233404af5f613944689024e67d37673aa8378788fa777da9b930a442985e12ba94b3943b2ca32ddcac25421cf3376db3f7c13937cfb8860e3cf5f98af6b
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Task: standard