How to Install and Uninstall libmagic-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libmagic-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall libmagic-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libmagic-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.44-3
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: 363
Depends: libmagic1 (= 1:5.44-3)
Suggests: file
Filename: pool/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_5.44-3_amd64.deb
Size: 104042
MD5sum: fdea38525d2619f1031932c8cdc00666
SHA1: d62d29ec5db9819390fee465f386235295d43061
SHA256: 422fd0d2989366d74f7bfe803a683a84332c0426d4660ceee29943ee2094378a
SHA512: a09da6fe3cb58644328ca422fdfd7255f8e6797c3fbfdd4dc8f03939c0ae022f9e7bdaa644fa03b96978f2bc06b398e293198cd3e774e8c0a129d112712f7bca
Homepage: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Description: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers - development
Description-md5: 93c5eb9eca91d43fe4e08b91dec0e076