How To Install libtinyxml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtinyxml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtinyxml-dev is TinyXml library - header and static library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml-dev on Debian 10.

What is libtinyxml-dev

libtinyxml-dev is:

This package contains the header file and a static version of the TinyXml library.

TinyXml is a simple and small C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. It reads XML and creates C++ objects representing the XML document. The objects can be manipulated, changed, and saved again as XML.

There are three methods to install libtinyxml-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtinyxml-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 libtinyxml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtinyxml-dev

Install libtinyxml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtinyxml-dev

Install libtinyxml-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 libtinyxml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtinyxml-dev

How To Uninstall libtinyxml-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libtinyxml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtinyxml-dev

Uninstall libtinyxml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtinyxml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinyxml-dev

Remove libtinyxml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtinyxml-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtinyxml-dev

Remove libtinyxml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinyxml-dev

Dependencies

libtinyxml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.