How To Install libxmltok1-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1-dev on Debian 11. libxmltok1-dev is XML Parser Toolkit, developer libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1-dev on Debian 11.

What is libxmltok1-dev

libxmltok1-dev is:

Libraries for XML parsing in C. It aims to be fully conforming. It is currently not a validating XML processor.

The library libxmltok contains a low-level library for tokenizing XML. The library libxmlparse contains an XML parser library which is built on top of the xmltok library.

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install libxmltok1-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxmltok1-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 libxmltok1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmltok1-dev

Install libxmltok1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmltok1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmltok1-dev

Install libxmltok1-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 libxmltok1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmltok1-dev

How To Uninstall libxmltok1-dev on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libxmltok1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmltok1-dev

Uninstall libxmltok1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmltok1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmltok1-dev

Remove libxmltok1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxmltok1-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmltok1-dev

Remove libxmltok1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmltok1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmltok1-dev

Dependencies

libxmltok1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.