How To Install libwbxml2-utils on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwbxml2-utils on Debian 9.

What is libwbxml2-utils

libwbxml2-utils is:

The WBXML Library (aka libwbxml) contains a library and its associated tools to Parse, Encode and Handle WBXML documents. The WBXML format is a binary representation of XML, defined by the Wap Forum, and used to reduce bandwidth in mobile communications.

This package contains wbxml2xml and xml2wbxml utils to convert xml files to wbxml and back.

There are three methods to install libwbxml2-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwbxml2-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwbxml2-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwbxml2-utils

Install libwbxml2-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwbxml2-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwbxml2-utils

Install libwbxml2-utils 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 libwbxml2-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwbxml2-utils

How To Uninstall libwbxml2-utils on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libwbxml2-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwbxml2-utils

Uninstall libwbxml2-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwbxml2-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwbxml2-utils

Remove libwbxml2-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libwbxml2-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwbxml2-utils

Remove libwbxml2-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwbxml2-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwbxml2-utils

Dependencies

libwbxml2-utils have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexpat1
• libwbxml2-0

References

• libwbxml2-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwbxml2-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.