How To Install liblouisxml1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml1 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblouisxml1 is Braille XML translation library - shared libs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblouisxml1

liblouisxml1 is:

Liblouisxml translates files in the computer lingua franca xml format into properly transcribed braille. This includes translation into grade two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.

This package contains shared libraries.

There are three methods to install liblouisxml1 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 liblouisxml1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblouisxml1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblouisxml1

Install liblouisxml1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblouisxml1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblouisxml1

Install liblouisxml1 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 liblouisxml1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblouisxml1

How To Uninstall liblouisxml1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblouisxml1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblouisxml1

Uninstall liblouisxml1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblouisxml1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblouisxml1

Remove liblouisxml1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblouisxml1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblouisxml1

Remove liblouisxml1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblouisxml1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblouisxml1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.