How To Install libhtmlcxx3v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtmlcxx3v5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libhtmlcxx3v5 is simple HTML parser library for C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtmlcxx3v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhtmlcxx3v5

libhtmlcxx3v5 is:

htmlcxx is a simple non-validating CSS1 and HTML parser for C++. Although there are several other html parsers available, htmlcxx has some characteristics that make it unique:

  • STL like navigation of DOM tree, using excellent tree.hh library from Kasper Peeters
  • It is possible to reproduce exactly, character by character, the original document from the parse tree
  • Bundled CSS parser
  • Optional parsing of attributes
  • C++ code that looks like C++ (not so true anymore)
  • Offsets of tags/elements in the original document are stored in the nodes of the DOM tree

The parsing politics of htmlcxx were created trying to mimic Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org) behavior. So you should expect parse trees similar to those create by Firefox. However, differently from Firefox, htmlcxx does not insert non-existent stuff in your html. Therefore, serializing the DOM tree gives exactly the same bytes contained in the original HTML document.

There are three methods to install libhtmlcxx3v5 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 libhtmlcxx3v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhtmlcxx3v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhtmlcxx3v5

Install libhtmlcxx3v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhtmlcxx3v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhtmlcxx3v5

Install libhtmlcxx3v5 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 libhtmlcxx3v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhtmlcxx3v5

How To Uninstall libhtmlcxx3v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhtmlcxx3v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhtmlcxx3v5

Uninstall libhtmlcxx3v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhtmlcxx3v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhtmlcxx3v5

Remove libhtmlcxx3v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libhtmlcxx3v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhtmlcxx3v5

Remove libhtmlcxx3v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhtmlcxx3v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhtmlcxx3v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtmlcxx3v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.