How To Install media-types on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install media-types on Ubuntu.
What is media-types
media-types is:
This package installs the configuration file /etc/mime.types, that lists standard media types (originally known as “MIME” types) and their usual file extension. This provides a simple way for programs to have a first guess at a file’s content. On standard Debian desktop systems, one will also find more sophisticated tools, for instance provided by the “file” and “xdg-utils” packages.
The /etc/mime.types file is compiled by hand using mostly information provided by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
There are three methods to install media-types on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install media-types Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install media-types using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install media-types
Install media-types Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install media-types using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install media-types
Install media-types 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 media-types using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install media-types
How To Uninstall media-types on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the media-types package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove media-types
Uninstall media-types And Its Dependencies
To uninstall media-types and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove media-types
Remove media-types Configurations and Data
To remove media-types configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge media-types
Remove media-types configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove media-types configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge media-types
Dependencies
media-types have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install media-types package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.