How to Install and Uninstall extract Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "extract" package

This is a short guide on how to install extract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                extract
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "extract" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall extract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                extract
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the extract package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: extract
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: libextractor
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bertrand Marc
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 287
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libextractor/extract_1.3-4+deb9u3build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 73730
MD5sum: 67ff2862da444093537d1d685f92bddd
SHA1: 5859f61e90d8c83429b2a7d83a53da8eb40bd973
SHA256: 07c44ffc7ec9893721403c1faf16750ef8747e999d68ea559258d932c29052f6
SHA512: b7a89ab6aea4e920c54455178aa478b2fd2e945a5cd03686b29951c3a4340d923f4ddfda5ca2423eb07a9a6eaeebd64787e7c3d94078ee9ebff355ae7685ae83
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
Description-en: displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type
Similar to the well-known "file" command, extract can display meta-data from a
file and print the results to stdout.
.
Currently, libextractor supports the following formats: HTML, MAN, PS, DVI,
OLE2 (DOC, XLS, PPT), OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), FLAC,
MP3 (ID3v1 and ID3v2), OGG, WAV, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), XM (eXtended Module),
IT (Impulse Tracker), NSF(E) (NES music), SID (C64 music), EXIV2, JPEG, GIF,
PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), LZH, LHA, RAR, ZIP, CAB, 7-ZIP, AR, MTREE, PAX,
CPIO, ISO9660, SHAR, RAW, XAR FLV, REAL, RIFF (AVI), MPEG, QT and ASF.
.
Also, various additional MIME types are detected. It can also be used to
compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160).
Description-md5: 0462416e734799d71f39017dc71a5adf

Package: extract
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 287
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bertrand Marc
Architecture: amd64
Source: libextractor
Version: 1:1.3-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libextractor3 (>= 0.6.3)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libextractor/extract_1.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 73802
MD5sum: 7bc9fcd1bb88eb84fe6ff468bdb12ebf
SHA1: 77f29e10e4c3d6936e40d0d04fabcb7ec9c128ff
SHA256: 866fb53bb1857843b12ef5e5aebc56e41075db643eb762cf6ab9321377cdeb15
Description-en: displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type
Similar to the well-known "file" command, extract can display meta-data from a
file and print the results to stdout.
.
Currently, libextractor supports the following formats: HTML, MAN, PS, DVI,
OLE2 (DOC, XLS, PPT), OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), FLAC,
MP3 (ID3v1 and ID3v2), OGG, WAV, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), XM (eXtended Module),
IT (Impulse Tracker), NSF(E) (NES music), SID (C64 music), EXIV2, JPEG, GIF,
PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), LZH, LHA, RAR, ZIP, CAB, 7-ZIP, AR, MTREE, PAX,
CPIO, ISO9660, SHAR, RAW, XAR FLV, REAL, RIFF (AVI), MPEG, QT and ASF.
.
Also, various additional MIME types are detected. It can also be used to
compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160).
Description-md5: 0462416e734799d71f39017dc71a5adf
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu