How To Install ruby-magic on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-magic on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-magic
ruby-magic is:
This package provides a Ruby FFI wrapper to the “magic” library that determines content type and encoding of files and strings. The library does three types of tests: file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be returned.
There are three methods to install ruby-magic 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 ruby-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 ruby-magic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-magic
Install ruby-magic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-magic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-magic
Install ruby-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 ruby-magic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-magic
How To Uninstall ruby-magic on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-magic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-magic
Uninstall ruby-magic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-magic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-magic
Remove ruby-magic Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-magic configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-magic
Remove ruby-magic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-magic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-magic
Dependencies
ruby-magic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-magic package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.