How To Install expat on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install expat on Debian 10.
What is expat
expat is:
This package contains xmlwf, an example application of expat, the C library for parsing XML. The arguments to xmlwf are one or more files which are each to be checked for XML well-formedness.
There are three methods to install expat on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install expat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install expat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install expat
Install expat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install expat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install expat
Install expat 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 expat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install expat
How To Uninstall expat on Debian 10
To uninstall only the expat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove expat
Uninstall expat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall expat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove expat
Remove expat Configurations and Data
To remove expat configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge expat
Remove expat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove expat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge expat
Dependencies
expat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install expat package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.