How to Install and Uninstall libfile-libmagic-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libfile-libmagic-perl" package

This guide let you learn how to install libfile-libmagic-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libfile-libmagic-perl

2. Uninstall "libfile-libmagic-perl" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libfile-libmagic-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libfile-libmagic-perl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libfile-libmagic-perl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libfile-libmagic-perl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 61
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.15-1build1
Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1-1), perlapi-5.22.1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libmagic1 (>= 5.13)
Filename: pool/universe/libf/libfile-libmagic-perl/libfile-libmagic-perl_1.15-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 19782
MD5sum: 7f4b2f9b96c11844959f1f4626976be7
SHA1: e6b3c5c4708edade6da2287518127f52e3929088
SHA256: 1f8523f35000641919833905fc1f415c12cd20bd0698dc7411efcd14649fcfaf
Description-en: Perl interface to libmagic for determining file type
The File::LibMagic module is a simple perl interface to libmagic from the
file-4.x or file-5.x package from Christos Zoulas
(ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/).
.
Libmagic is a library for detecting file type, and works like file(1).
Description-md5: da8e17fe637b6c3dd436be9fbf734ef1
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/File-LibMagic
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu