How To Install libwoodstox-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoodstox-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwoodstox-java
libwoodstox-java is:
Woodstox is a high-performance, validating, namespace-aware, StAX-compliant (JSR-173), open source XML-processor written in Java. XML processor means that it handles both input (parsing) and output (writing, serialization), as well as supporting tasks such as validation.
There are three methods to install libwoodstox-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 libwoodstox-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 libwoodstox-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwoodstox-java
Install libwoodstox-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwoodstox-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwoodstox-java
Install libwoodstox-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 libwoodstox-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwoodstox-java
How To Uninstall libwoodstox-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwoodstox-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwoodstox-java
Uninstall libwoodstox-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwoodstox-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwoodstox-java
Remove libwoodstox-java Configurations and Data
To remove libwoodstox-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwoodstox-java
Remove libwoodstox-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwoodstox-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwoodstox-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoodstox-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
