How To Install libxmlbird1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxmlbird1 is XML parser written in Vala

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxmlbird1

libxmlbird1 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.

There are three methods to install libxmlbird1 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 libxmlbird1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmlbird1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlbird1

Install libxmlbird1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmlbird1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmlbird1

Install libxmlbird1 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 libxmlbird1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmlbird1

How To Uninstall libxmlbird1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxmlbird1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmlbird1

Uninstall libxmlbird1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmlbird1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlbird1

Remove libxmlbird1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxmlbird1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlbird1

Remove libxmlbird1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmlbird1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlbird1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.