How To Install libmagic-mgc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-mgc on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• libmagic-mgc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-mgc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.