How To Install libxml-light-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml-light-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. libxml-light-ocaml is mininal XML parser and printer for OCaml (runtime package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml-light-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxml-light-ocaml

libxml-light-ocaml is:

This is a XML parser and printer, designed to help parsing basic XML document into OCaml data structures and printing it back to a XML document.

It also supports DTD.

There are three methods to install libxml-light-ocaml 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 libxml-light-ocaml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml-light-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxml-light-ocaml

Install libxml-light-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml-light-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxml-light-ocaml

Install libxml-light-ocaml 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 libxml-light-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxml-light-ocaml

How To Uninstall libxml-light-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxml-light-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxml-light-ocaml

Uninstall libxml-light-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxml-light-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml-light-ocaml

Remove libxml-light-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libxml-light-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxml-light-ocaml

Remove libxml-light-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxml-light-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml-light-ocaml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml-light-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.