How To Install python3-puremagic on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-puremagic on Debian 12.
What is python3-puremagic
python3-puremagic is:
Puremagic is a pure-Python module to identify files by their magic numbers. It is fast, lightweight, minimalistic, cross-platform, and doesn’t have dependencies. It can serve as a stand-in for python-magic, but its own magic_file() and magic_string() function are more powerful and also display a confidence score and possible duplicate matches.
There are three methods to install python3-puremagic on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-puremagic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-puremagic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-puremagic
Install python3-puremagic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-puremagic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-puremagic
Install python3-puremagic Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-puremagic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-puremagic
How To Uninstall python3-puremagic on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-puremagic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-puremagic
Uninstall python3-puremagic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-puremagic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-puremagic
Remove python3-puremagic Configurations and Data
To remove python3-puremagic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-puremagic
Remove python3-puremagic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-puremagic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-puremagic
Dependencies
python3-puremagic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-puremagic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
