How To Install libxml2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2 on Debian 9.
What is libxml2
libxml2 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 a library providing an extensive API to handle such XML data files.
There are three methods to install libxml2 on Debian 9. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxml2
Install libxml2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxml2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxml2
Install libxml2 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 libxml2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxml2
How To Uninstall libxml2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxml2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxml2
Uninstall libxml2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml2
Remove libxml2 Configurations and Data
To remove libxml2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxml2
Remove libxml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml2
Dependencies
libxml2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.