How To Install libxmlbird-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxmlbird-dev
libxmlbird-dev is:
XML Bird is a library for parsing documents written in the Exensible Markup Language (XML). This parser is written in Vala and has support for Vala iterators. This makes it possible to loop over all tags and attributes in the document using the foreach statement.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libxmlbird-dev 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 libxmlbird-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 libxmlbird-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmlbird-dev
Install libxmlbird-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmlbird-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmlbird-dev
Install libxmlbird-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 libxmlbird-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmlbird-dev
How To Uninstall libxmlbird-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxmlbird-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmlbird-dev
Uninstall libxmlbird-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmlbird-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlbird-dev
Remove libxmlbird-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxmlbird-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlbird-dev
Remove libxmlbird-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmlbird-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlbird-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
