How To Install libxslt1.1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1.1 on Debian 9.
What is libxslt1.1
libxslt1.1 is:
XSLT is an XML language for defining transformations of XML files from XML to some other arbitrary format, such as XML, HTML, plain text, etc. using standard XSLT stylesheets. libxslt is a C library which implements XSLT version 1.0.
This package contains the libxslt library used by applications for XSLT transformations.
There are three methods to install libxslt1.1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxslt1.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxslt1.1
Install libxslt1.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxslt1.1
Install libxslt1.1 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 libxslt1.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxslt1.1
How To Uninstall libxslt1.1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxslt1.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxslt1.1
Uninstall libxslt1.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxslt1.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxslt1.1
Remove libxslt1.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxslt1.1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxslt1.1
Remove libxslt1.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxslt1.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxslt1.1
Dependencies
libxslt1.1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1.1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.