How to Install and Uninstall libmagic-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libmagic-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmagic-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmagic-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmagic-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmagic-dev package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: libmagic-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.41-4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: file
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 379
Depends: libmagic1 (= 1:5.41-4)
Suggests: file
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_5.41-4_amd64.deb
Size: 104916
MD5sum: 90cf26d7787abc6ec348e6a67b5078d3
SHA1: d00b7baf8a0a363326c9605de2f1f17535a57c25
SHA256: cd149b78c383213b4a96cf14283c42669528bfa87b1a163c115943f8c9ae96d6
SHA512: 531f736975455232c4682809868392b0964c7696b8fb51aecbcd8525a554484c353719c2fd329c9945642fcab7111293128aa1371f681adfbedfc9ca1d358ddb
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development
Description-md5: 93c5eb9eca91d43fe4e08b91dec0e076