How To Install python-libxml2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-libxml2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-libxml2 is Python bindings for the GNOME XML library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxml2 on Debian 10.

What is python-libxml2

python-libxml2 is:

XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language. A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It can do this because it’s written in SGML, the international standard metalanguage for markup languages.

This package contains the files needed to use the GNOME XML library in Python programs.

There are three methods to install python-libxml2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-libxml2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-libxml2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-libxml2

Install python-libxml2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-libxml2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-libxml2

Install python-libxml2 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 python-libxml2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-libxml2

How To Uninstall python-libxml2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-libxml2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-libxml2

Uninstall python-libxml2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-libxml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libxml2

Remove python-libxml2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-libxml2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libxml2

Remove python-libxml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-libxml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libxml2

Dependencies

python-libxml2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxml2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.