How to Install and Uninstall file Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "file" package

This is a short guide on how to install file on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall file on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.44-3
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: 59
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmagic1 (= 1:5.44-3)
Breaks: debhelper (<< 12.2~)
Filename: pool/main/f/file/file_5.44-3_amd64.deb
Size: 21848
MD5sum: 9aeb0a2b83eea820f3fd0c411b36595a
SHA1: 86a4f4fd4809f33b020bf83e42e646e4318708f1
SHA256: 7cbc513c83f0739daf63627e622ade25db0668274d938adf68357bf147762d91
SHA512: 53fb01a9aac83418ab3f180161b7d248079a21d56d05e90f4b1425bd90b5ff98579beddb053261d100384cbf0e28689ce421dcc4e9849c933dc9c62d8c612254
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
Description-md5: 5d23749cc510bff3ff8aca8793a9803e
Task: standard, ubuntu-wsl