How To Install python-magic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-magic on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-magic
python-magic is:
python-magic is a Python interface to the libmagic file type identification library. libmagic identifies file types by checking their headers according to a predefined list of file types. This functionality is exposed to the command line by the Unix command file.
This package provides the Python 2 version of the python-magic module. Python-Version: 2.7
There are three methods to install python-magic 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 python-magic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-magic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-magic
Install python-magic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-magic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-magic
Install python-magic 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 python-magic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-magic
How To Uninstall python-magic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-magic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-magic
Uninstall python-magic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-magic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-magic
Remove python-magic Configurations and Data
To remove python-magic configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-magic
Remove python-magic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-magic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-magic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-magic package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
