How To Install galax-extra on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install galax-extra on Debian 9.
What is galax-extra
galax-extra is:
Galax is an implementation of XQuery, the W3C XML Query Language.
Galax implements XQuery 1.0 as specified by the W3C, as well as XPath 2.0, which is subset of XQuery 1.0.
Galax is a Schema-aware implementation of XQuery and supports static typing. Also thanks to that, Galax is a really fast implementation of the language.
Galax supports some advanced XQuery features, such as XML Schema validation, XML updates, XQuery optimization and projection, applications of XQuery to Web services.
This package contains several command line utilities which complete the front-ends provided by the galax package. Utilities are provided to validate XML Schemas and WSDL, inspect query execution plans, and convert queries among alternative syntaxes (plain text and XQueryX).
There are three methods to install galax-extra on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install galax-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install galax-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install galax-extra
Install galax-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install galax-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install galax-extra
Install galax-extra 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install galax-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install galax-extra
How To Uninstall galax-extra on Debian 9
To uninstall only the galax-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove galax-extra
Uninstall galax-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall galax-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove galax-extra
Remove galax-extra Configurations and Data
To remove galax-extra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge galax-extra
Remove galax-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove galax-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge galax-extra
Dependencies
galax-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install galax-extra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
