How To Install file on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Debian 10.
What is file
file is:
The file command is “a file type guesser”, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.
This package contains the file program itself.
There are three methods to install file on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install file Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install file using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install file
Install file Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install file using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install file
Install file 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 file using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install file
How To Uninstall file on Debian 10
To uninstall only the file package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove file
Uninstall file And Its Dependencies
To uninstall file and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove file
Remove file Configurations and Data
To remove file configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge file
Remove file configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove file configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge file
Dependencies
file have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install file package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.