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My file command is broken.

$ file
file: symbol lookup error: file: undefined symbol: magic_setparam

$ which file 
/usr/local/bin/file

$ ldd $(which file)
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffc43fd000)
libmagic.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libmagic.so.1 (0x00007fe48cd2d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fe48cb43000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fe48c926000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fe48cf86000)

$ # I have a file command in /usr/bin/ as well
$ # but the same thing happens, and the ldd output for it
$ # is identical to the one above
$ /usr/bin/file
/usr/bin/file: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/file: undefined symbol: magic_setparam

I tried reinstalling the file command, as well as reinstalling libmagic (and libmagic-dev) but to no avail.

I am running Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) but I was experiencing the same issue on 18.04.

ArtBIT
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You should remove locally installed/compiled version of libmagic with

sudo rm /usr/local/lib/libmagic.so.1

and then call file again.

N0rbert
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