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.
After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libmagic-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libmagic-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmagic-dev
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove libmagic-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmagic-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
libmagic-dev have the following dependencies:
References
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
.