How To Install libtinyxml2-6a on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml2-6a
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libtinyxml2-6a
libtinyxml2-6a is:
This package contains the shared version of the TinyXML2 library.
TinyXML2 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.
TinyXML2 supersedes the previous TinyXML library, with various improvements:
- Fewer memory allocations (1% - 10% compared to TinyXML)
- Uses less memory (about 40% of that used by TinyXML)
- Faster
- No STL requirement
- More modern C++, including a proper namespace
- Proper and useful handling of whitespace Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install libtinyxml2-6a
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtinyxml2-6a Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtinyxml2-6a
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtinyxml2-6a
Install libtinyxml2-6a Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtinyxml2-6a
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtinyxml2-6a
Install libtinyxml2-6a 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 libtinyxml2-6a
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtinyxml2-6a
How To Uninstall libtinyxml2-6a on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libtinyxml2-6a
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtinyxml2-6a
Uninstall libtinyxml2-6a And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtinyxml2-6a
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinyxml2-6a
Remove libtinyxml2-6a Configurations and Data
To remove libtinyxml2-6a
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtinyxml2-6a
Remove libtinyxml2-6a configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtinyxml2-6a
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtinyxml2-6a
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtinyxml2-6a
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.