How To Install libxml2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxml2-dbg
libxml2-dbg is:
XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language. A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It can do this because it’s written in SGML, the international standard metalanguage for markup languages.
This package provides the debugging symbols for the library.
There are three methods to install libxml2-dbg 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 libxml2-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-dbg
Install libxml2-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxml2-dbg
Install libxml2-dbg 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 libxml2-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxml2-dbg
How To Uninstall libxml2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxml2-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxml2-dbg
Uninstall libxml2-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxml2-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml2-dbg
Remove libxml2-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxml2-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxml2-dbg
Remove libxml2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxml2-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml2-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
