How To Install libexpat1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libexpat1-dev
libexpat1-dev is:
This package contains the header file and development libraries of expat, the C library for parsing XML. Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may register handlers.
There are three methods to install libexpat1-dev 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 libexpat1-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexpat1-dev
Install libexpat1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexpat1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexpat1-dev
Install libexpat1-dev 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 libexpat1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexpat1-dev
How To Uninstall libexpat1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libexpat1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexpat1-dev
Uninstall libexpat1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexpat1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexpat1-dev
Remove libexpat1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libexpat1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexpat1-dev
Remove libexpat1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexpat1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexpat1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
