How To Install libsaxonhe-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaxonhe-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsaxonhe-java
libsaxonhe-java is:
This is a Home Edition of SAXON XSLT processor developed by Saxonica Limited. It provides implementations of XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 at the basic level of conformance defined by W3C. Not included in the Home Edition are: schema processing and schema aware XSLT and XQuery; support for the 3.0 versions of the specifications; numerous Saxon extensions; calling out to Java methods; XQuery Update support; various optimizations including join optimization; streamed processing; and byte code generation.
There are three methods to install libsaxonhe-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 libsaxonhe-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 libsaxonhe-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsaxonhe-java
Install libsaxonhe-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaxonhe-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsaxonhe-java
Install libsaxonhe-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 libsaxonhe-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsaxonhe-java
How To Uninstall libsaxonhe-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsaxonhe-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsaxonhe-java
Uninstall libsaxonhe-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsaxonhe-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaxonhe-java
Remove libsaxonhe-java Configurations and Data
To remove libsaxonhe-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsaxonhe-java
Remove libsaxonhe-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsaxonhe-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaxonhe-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaxonhe-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
