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How To Uninstall libmagic-dev On Debian 7
To uninstall libmagic-dev just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add libmagic-devagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just libmagic-dev
http://installion.co.uk/debian/wheezy/main/l/libmagic-dev/uninstall/index.htmlFile type determination library using "magic" numbers (development)Debian 7.0libdevel5.11-2+deb7u8sudo apt-get remove libmagic-dev
This will remove just the libmagic-dev package itself.
Uninstall libmagic-dev and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libmagic-dev
This will remove the libmagic-dev package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for libmagic-dev then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge libmagic-dev
Or similarly, like this libmagic-dev
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libmagic-dev
Package Data
| Package | libmagic-dev |
| Version | 5.11-2+deb7u8 |
| Maintainer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net> |
| Home page | http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ |
| Description | File type determination library using "magic" numbers (development) |
| Distro | debian |
| Release | wheezy |
| Repo | main |
| Section | libdevel |