How To Install libxmltooling-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltooling-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxmltooling-dev
libxmltooling-dev is:
The XMLTooling library contains generic XML parsing and processing classes based on the Xerces-C DOM. It adds more powerful facilities for declaring element- and type-specific API and implementation classes to add value around the DOM, as well as signing and encryption support.
This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use or extend the XMLTooling library.
There are three methods to install libxmltooling-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 libxmltooling-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 libxmltooling-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmltooling-dev
Install libxmltooling-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmltooling-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmltooling-dev
Install libxmltooling-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 libxmltooling-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmltooling-dev
How To Uninstall libxmltooling-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxmltooling-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmltooling-dev
Uninstall libxmltooling-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmltooling-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmltooling-dev
Remove libxmltooling-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxmltooling-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmltooling-dev
Remove libxmltooling-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmltooling-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmltooling-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmltooling-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
