How To Install libxml2-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxml2-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxml2-dbg is Debugging symbols for the GNOME XML library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dbg on Debian 10.

What is libxml2-dbg

libxml2-dbg is:

XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language. A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It can do this because it’s written in SGML, the international standard metalanguage for markup languages.

This package provides the debugging symbols for the library.

There are three methods to install libxml2-dbg 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 libxml2-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-dbg

Install libxml2-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxml2-dbg

Install libxml2-dbg 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 libxml2-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxml2-dbg

How To Uninstall libxml2-dbg on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libxml2-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxml2-dbg

Uninstall libxml2-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxml2-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml2-dbg

Remove libxml2-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libxml2-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxml2-dbg

Remove libxml2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxml2-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml2-dbg

Dependencies

libxml2-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.