How To Install flexml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flexml on Debian 9.
What is flexml
flexml is:
FleXML makes it easy to generate very fast validating XML processors as flex(1) source.
By design it can only handle documents using an external DTD.
There are three methods to install flexml 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 flexml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flexml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flexml
Install flexml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flexml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flexml
Install flexml 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 flexml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flexml
How To Uninstall flexml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the flexml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flexml
Uninstall flexml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flexml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flexml
Remove flexml Configurations and Data
To remove flexml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flexml
Remove flexml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flexml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flexml
Dependencies
flexml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flexml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.