How To Install libmagic-mgc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-mgc on Debian 9.
What is libmagic-mgc
libmagic-mgc is:
This package provides the compiled magic file “magic.mgc”. It has been separated from libmagic1 in order to meet the multiarch requirements without breaking applications that expect this file at its absolute path.
There are three methods to install libmagic-mgc 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-mgc 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-mgc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagic-mgc
Install libmagic-mgc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagic-mgc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagic-mgc
Install libmagic-mgc 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-mgc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagic-mgc
How To Uninstall libmagic-mgc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmagic-mgc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagic-mgc
Uninstall libmagic-mgc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagic-mgc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagic-mgc
Remove libmagic-mgc Configurations and Data
To remove libmagic-mgc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagic-mgc
Remove libmagic-mgc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagic-mgc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagic-mgc
Dependencies
libmagic-mgc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-mgc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.