How To Install libsaxonb-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaxonb-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsaxonb-java
libsaxonb-java is:
The saxon package is a collection of tools for processing XML documents and implements XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, and XQuery 1.0.
Saxon is known to work well for processing DocBook XML documents with the DocBook XSL Stylesheets. Related packages make the process straightforward.
There are three methods to install libsaxonb-java 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 libsaxonb-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaxonb-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsaxonb-java
Install libsaxonb-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaxonb-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsaxonb-java
Install libsaxonb-java 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 libsaxonb-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsaxonb-java
How To Uninstall libsaxonb-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsaxonb-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsaxonb-java
Uninstall libsaxonb-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsaxonb-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaxonb-java
Remove libsaxonb-java Configurations and Data
To remove libsaxonb-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsaxonb-java
Remove libsaxonb-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsaxonb-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaxonb-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaxonb-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
