How To Install libxslt1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libxslt1-dbg is XSLT 1.0 processing library - debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxslt1-dbg

libxslt1-dbg is:

XSLT is an XML language for defining transformations of XML files from XML to some other arbitrary format, such as XML, HTML, plain text, etc. using standard XSLT stylesheets. libxslt is a C library which implements XSLT version 1.0.

This package provides the debugging symbols for the library and for the xsltproc utility provided by the xsltproc package. Debugging symbols for the Python modules are not available.

There are three methods to install libxslt1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxslt1-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 libxslt1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxslt1-dbg

Install libxslt1-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxslt1-dbg

Install libxslt1-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxslt1-dbg

How To Uninstall libxslt1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxslt1-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxslt1-dbg

Uninstall libxslt1-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxslt1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxslt1-dbg

Remove libxslt1-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libxslt1-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxslt1-dbg

Remove libxslt1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxslt1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxslt1-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.