How To Install libpugixml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpugixml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpugixml-dev
libpugixml-dev is:
pugixml is a lightweight C++ XML processing library with XPath support. It features:
- DOM like interface with rich traversal/modification capabilities
- Extermely fast non-validating XML parser which constructs the DOM tree from an XML file/buffer.
- XPath 1.0 implementation for complex data-driven tree queries
- Full Unicode support with Unicode interface variants and automatic encoding conversions.
This package provides required development header files which allows integrating pugixml with your application.
There are three methods to install libpugixml-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 libpugixml-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 libpugixml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpugixml-dev
Install libpugixml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpugixml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpugixml-dev
Install libpugixml-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 libpugixml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpugixml-dev
How To Uninstall libpugixml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpugixml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpugixml-dev
Uninstall libpugixml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpugixml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpugixml-dev
Remove libpugixml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpugixml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpugixml-dev
Remove libpugixml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpugixml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpugixml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpugixml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
