How To Install tdom-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tdom-dev on Debian 9. tdom-dev is fast XML/DOM/XPath/XSLT extension for Tcl written in C (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tdom-dev on Debian 9.

What is tdom-dev

tdom-dev is:

This package contains the header files and development libraries for tDOM, a fast XML/DOM/XPath/XSLT extension for Tcl. tDOM takes advantage of Expat, the XML parser from James Clark. It comes with a (partial) DOM-I and DOM-II implementation in C for maximum performance and minimum memory need. A very complete, compliant and fast XPath implementation is provided. A fast XSLT implementation in C completes the feature set.

There are three methods to install tdom-dev 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 tdom-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 tdom-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tdom-dev

Install tdom-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tdom-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install tdom-dev

How To Uninstall tdom-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove tdom-dev

Uninstall tdom-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tdom-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tdom-dev

Remove tdom-dev Configurations and Data

To remove tdom-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tdom-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

tdom-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tdom-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.