How To Install libxmlunit-java on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlunit-java on Debian 11. libxmlunit-java is Unit testing for XML documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlunit-java on Debian 11.

What is libxmlunit-java

libxmlunit-java is:

XMLUnit extends JUnit and NUnit to enable unit testing of XML. It compares a control XML document to a test document or the result of a transformation, validates documents, and compares the results of XPath expressions.

There are three methods to install libxmlunit-java 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 libxmlunit-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlunit-java

Install libxmlunit-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxmlunit-java

Install libxmlunit-java 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 libxmlunit-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmlunit-java

How To Uninstall libxmlunit-java on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libxmlunit-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmlunit-java

Uninstall libxmlunit-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlunit-java

Remove libxmlunit-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlunit-java

Remove libxmlunit-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlunit-java

Dependencies

libxmlunit-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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