How To Install libjs-xmlextras on Debian 10

Learn how to install libjs-xmlextras on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libjs-xmlextras is creates a common interface to use of the XML objects provided by IE and Mozilla

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-xmlextras on Debian 10.

What is libjs-xmlextras

libjs-xmlextras is:

The usage of XML inside the browser has been around for a while but not until lately has it been possible to get this to work in a satisfactory way in more than one browser. A while back Mozilla added support for creating MS compatible XML classes scriptable from JavaScript.

This script creates a common interface for Mozilla and IE and also extends the Mozilla classes a little to make them behave even more like the Microsoft interfaces.

There are three methods to install libjs-xmlextras on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjs-xmlextras Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-xmlextras

Install libjs-xmlextras Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-xmlextras

Install libjs-xmlextras 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 libjs-xmlextras using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-xmlextras

How To Uninstall libjs-xmlextras on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libjs-xmlextras package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-xmlextras

Uninstall libjs-xmlextras And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-xmlextras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-xmlextras

Remove libjs-xmlextras Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-xmlextras configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-xmlextras

Remove libjs-xmlextras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-xmlextras

Dependencies

libjs-xmlextras have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-xmlextras package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.