How To Install libxmltok1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxmltok1 is XML Parser Toolkit, runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxmltok1

libxmltok1 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.

There are three methods to install libxmltok1 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 libxmltok1 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmltok1

Install libxmltok1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxmltok1

Install libxmltok1 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 libxmltok1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmltok1

How To Uninstall libxmltok1 on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libxmltok1

Uninstall libxmltok1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmltok1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmltok1

Remove libxmltok1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxmltok1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmltok1

Remove libxmltok1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmltok1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltok1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.