How To Install libmagic-dev on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-dev on Debian 9.

What is libmagic-dev

libmagic-dev is:

This library can be used to classify files according to magic number tests.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libmagic-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmagic-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmagic-dev

Install libmagic-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmagic-dev

Install libmagic-dev 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 libmagic-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmagic-dev

How To Uninstall libmagic-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmagic-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmagic-dev

Uninstall libmagic-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmagic-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagic-dev

Remove libmagic-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmagic-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmagic-dev

Remove libmagic-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmagic-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagic-dev

Dependencies

libmagic-dev have the following dependencies:

• libmagic1

References

• libmagic-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.