How To Install libexpat1 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat1 on Debian 9.

What is libexpat1

libexpat1 is:

This package contains the runtime, shared library of expat, the C library for parsing XML. Expat is a stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).

There are three methods to install libexpat1 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 libexpat1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libexpat1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexpat1

Install libexpat1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libexpat1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libexpat1

Install libexpat1 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 libexpat1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexpat1

How To Uninstall libexpat1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libexpat1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexpat1

Uninstall libexpat1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexpat1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexpat1

Remove libexpat1 Configurations and Data

To remove libexpat1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexpat1

Remove libexpat1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libexpat1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexpat1

Dependencies

libexpat1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libexpat1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.