How To Install file on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Ubuntu 20.04. file is Recognize the type of data in a file using magic numbers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is file

file is:

The file command is “a file type guesser”, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.

This package contains the file program itself. Task: minimal

There are three methods to install file on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install file Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install file

Install file Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install file using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install file

Install file 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install file using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install file

How To Uninstall file on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the file package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove file

Uninstall file And Its Dependencies

To uninstall file and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove file

Remove file Configurations and Data

To remove file configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge file

Remove file configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge file

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install file package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.