How To Install libxmlsec1-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlsec1-dev on Debian 12.
What is libxmlsec1-dev
libxmlsec1-dev is:
The XML Security Library is a C library that implements these XML standards:
* XML Signature
* XML Encryption
This package provides development files including documentation, examples, headers, static libraries, and configuration support.
There are three methods to install libxmlsec1-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxmlsec1-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 libxmlsec1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmlsec1-dev
Install libxmlsec1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmlsec1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmlsec1-dev
Install libxmlsec1-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmlsec1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmlsec1-dev
How To Uninstall libxmlsec1-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libxmlsec1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmlsec1-dev
Uninstall libxmlsec1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmlsec1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlsec1-dev
Remove libxmlsec1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxmlsec1-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlsec1-dev
Remove libxmlsec1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmlsec1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlsec1-dev
Dependencies
libxmlsec1-dev have the following dependencies:
- libc6-dev
- libgcrypt20-dev
- libgnutls28-dev
- libnss3-dev
- libssl-dev
- libxml2-dev
- libxmlsec1
- libxmlsec1-gcrypt
- libxmlsec1-gnutls
- libxmlsec1-nss
- libxmlsec1-openssl
- libxslt1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlsec1-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.