How To Install libxerces-c-samples on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxerces-c-samples on Debian 10.
What is libxerces-c-samples
libxerces-c-samples is:
Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. This package contains compiled versions of the samples. You probably don’t want this package, but it can be useful if you are trying to reproduce a problem before reporting a bug that will be easy for the xerces developers to reproduce.
There are three methods to install libxerces-c-samples 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 libxerces-c-samples 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-samples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxerces-c-samples
Install libxerces-c-samples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxerces-c-samples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxerces-c-samples
Install libxerces-c-samples 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 libxerces-c-samples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxerces-c-samples
How To Uninstall libxerces-c-samples on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxerces-c-samples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxerces-c-samples
Uninstall libxerces-c-samples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxerces-c-samples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxerces-c-samples
Remove libxerces-c-samples Configurations and Data
To remove libxerces-c-samples configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxerces-c-samples
Remove libxerces-c-samples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxerces-c-samples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxerces-c-samples
Dependencies
libxerces-c-samples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxerces-c-samples package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.