How to Install libmagic1 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libmagic1 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libmagic1 software package provides File type determination library using magic numbers, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libmagic1 

libmagic1 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libmagic1 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libmagic1 *

You will get with libmagic1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libmagic1 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libmagic1
Version 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 [amd64, i386
Description File type determination library using magic numbers
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libmagic1 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?