How To Install libxerces-c-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxerces-c-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libxerces-c-dev
libxerces-c-dev is:
Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. This package contains the development files for Xerces. It also contains sources to various sample files. The libxerces-c-samples package contains compiled versions of the samples.
There are three methods to install libxerces-c-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxerces-c-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 libxerces-c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxerces-c-dev
Install libxerces-c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxerces-c-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxerces-c-dev
Install libxerces-c-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxerces-c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxerces-c-dev
How To Uninstall libxerces-c-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libxerces-c-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxerces-c-dev
Uninstall libxerces-c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxerces-c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxerces-c-dev
Remove libxerces-c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxerces-c-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxerces-c-dev
Remove libxerces-c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxerces-c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxerces-c-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxerces-c-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.