How To Install xmlformat-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
