How To Install eclipse-wtp-xmltools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-xmltools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-wtp-xmltools
eclipse-wtp-xmltools is:
The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project extends the Eclipse platform with tools for developing Web and Java EE applications. It includes source and graphical editors for a variety of languages, wizards and built-in applications to simplify development, and tools and APIs to support deploying, running, and testing apps.
This package contains source and graphical editors for XML, DTD and XML schema (XSD) files.
There are three methods to install eclipse-wtp-xmltools 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 eclipse-wtp-xmltools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-wtp-xmltools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-wtp-xmltools
Install eclipse-wtp-xmltools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-wtp-xmltools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-wtp-xmltools
Install eclipse-wtp-xmltools 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 eclipse-wtp-xmltools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-wtp-xmltools
How To Uninstall eclipse-wtp-xmltools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-wtp-xmltools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-wtp-xmltools
Uninstall eclipse-wtp-xmltools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-wtp-xmltools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-wtp-xmltools
Remove eclipse-wtp-xmltools Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-wtp-xmltools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-wtp-xmltools
Remove eclipse-wtp-xmltools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-wtp-xmltools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-wtp-xmltools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-xmltools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
