How To Install libmxml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmxml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libmxml-dev
libmxml-dev is:
Mini-XML is a small XML parsing library that you can use to read XML and XML-like data files in your application without requiring large non-standard libraries.
Mini-XML provides the following functionality:
- Reading of UTF-8 and UTF-16 and writing of UTF-8 encoded XML files and strings.
- Data is stored in a linked-list tree structure, preserving the XML data hierarchy.
- Supports arbitrary element names, attributes, and attribute values with no preset limits, just available memory.
- Supports integer, real, opaque (“cdata”), and text data types in “leaf” nodes.
- Functions for creating, indexing, and managing trees of data.
- “Find” and “walk” functions for easily locating and navigating trees of data.
This package contains the Mini-XML development files.
There are three methods to install libmxml-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmxml-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 libmxml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmxml-dev
Install libmxml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmxml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmxml-dev
Install libmxml-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmxml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmxml-dev
How To Uninstall libmxml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmxml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmxml-dev
Uninstall libmxml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmxml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmxml-dev
Remove libmxml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmxml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmxml-dev
Remove libmxml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmxml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmxml-dev
Dependencies
libmxml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmxml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.