How To Install libtinyxml2-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtinyxml2-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtinyxml2-dev is TinyXML2 library - header and static library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml2-dev on Debian 10.

What is libtinyxml2-dev

libtinyxml2-dev is:

This package contains the header file and a static version of the TinyXML2 library.

TinyXML2 is a simple and small C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. It reads XML and creates C++ objects representing the XML document. The objects can be manipulated, changed, and saved again as XML.

TinyXML2 supersedes the previous TinyXML library, with various improvements:

  • Fewer memory allocations (1% - 10% compared to TinyXML)
  • Uses less memory (about 40% of that used by TinyXML)
  • Faster
  • No STL requirement
  • More modern C++, including a proper namespace
  • Proper and useful handling of whitespace

There are three methods to install libtinyxml2-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtinyxml2-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinyxml2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtinyxml2-dev

Install libtinyxml2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtinyxml2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtinyxml2-dev

Install libtinyxml2-dev 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 libtinyxml2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtinyxml2-dev

How To Uninstall libtinyxml2-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libtinyxml2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtinyxml2-dev

Uninstall libtinyxml2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtinyxml2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinyxml2-dev

Remove libtinyxml2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtinyxml2-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtinyxml2-dev

Remove libtinyxml2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtinyxml2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinyxml2-dev

Dependencies

libtinyxml2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml2-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.