How To Install libacexml-6.4.5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacexml-6.4.5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libacexml-6.4.5 is ACE SAX based XML parsing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacexml-6.4.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libacexml-6.4.5

libacexml-6.4.5 is:

This package provides interfaces for XML parsing based on Simple API for XML (SAX) 2.0, defined by David Megginson. This is an event-driven parsing approach.

ACEXML is a small footprint and portable library. It does not validate XML documents and supports only Unicode encoding.

There are three methods to install libacexml-6.4.5 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 libacexml-6.4.5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libacexml-6.4.5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libacexml-6.4.5

Install libacexml-6.4.5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libacexml-6.4.5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libacexml-6.4.5

Install libacexml-6.4.5 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 libacexml-6.4.5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libacexml-6.4.5

How To Uninstall libacexml-6.4.5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libacexml-6.4.5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libacexml-6.4.5

Uninstall libacexml-6.4.5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libacexml-6.4.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libacexml-6.4.5

Remove libacexml-6.4.5 Configurations and Data

To remove libacexml-6.4.5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libacexml-6.4.5

Remove libacexml-6.4.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libacexml-6.4.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libacexml-6.4.5

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacexml-6.4.5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.