How To Install libextractor-plugins-misc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugins-misc on Debian 12.
What is libextractor-plugins-misc
libextractor-plugins-misc is:
GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.
This package contains all the plugins without external dependencies, supporting the following formats: MAN, PS, DVI, OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), WAV, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), XM (eXtended Module), IT (Impulse Tracker), NSF(E) (NES music), SID (C64 music), PNG, and DEB. Also, various additional MIME types are detected.
There are three methods to install libextractor-plugins-misc 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 libextractor-plugins-misc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugins-misc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugins-misc
Install libextractor-plugins-misc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugins-misc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugins-misc
Install libextractor-plugins-misc 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 libextractor-plugins-misc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugins-misc
How To Uninstall libextractor-plugins-misc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libextractor-plugins-misc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugins-misc
Uninstall libextractor-plugins-misc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libextractor-plugins-misc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugins-misc
Remove libextractor-plugins-misc Configurations and Data
To remove libextractor-plugins-misc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugins-misc
Remove libextractor-plugins-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libextractor-plugins-misc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugins-misc
Dependencies
libextractor-plugins-misc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugins-misc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
