How To Install extract on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install extract on Debian 11.
What is extract
extract is:
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).
There are three methods to install extract on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install extract Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install extract using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install extract
Install extract Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install extract using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install extract
Install extract 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 extract using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install extract
How To Uninstall extract on Debian 11
To uninstall only the extract package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove extract
Uninstall extract And Its Dependencies
To uninstall extract and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove extract
Remove extract Configurations and Data
To remove extract configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge extract
Remove extract configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove extract configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extract
Dependencies
extract have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install extract package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.