How To Install xmlformat-perl on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-perl on Debian 11. xmlformat-perl is XML Document Formatter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-perl on Debian 11.

What is xmlformat-perl

xmlformat-perl is:

xmlformat is a configurable formatter (or “pretty-printer”) for XML documents. It provides control over indentation, line-breaking, and text wrapping. These properties can be defined on a per-element basis.

xmlformat provides improved diagnostic information when a document is not well-formed. (Prints line and token number, and stack trace).

This is the perl implementation

There are three methods to install xmlformat-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xmlformat-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlformat-perl

Install xmlformat-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmlformat-perl

Install xmlformat-perl 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 xmlformat-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmlformat-perl

How To Uninstall xmlformat-perl on Debian 11

To uninstall only the xmlformat-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xmlformat-perl

Uninstall xmlformat-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xmlformat-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlformat-perl

Remove xmlformat-perl Configurations and Data

To remove xmlformat-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlformat-perl

Remove xmlformat-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlformat-perl

Dependencies

xmlformat-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.