How To Install python-libxml2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxml2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxml2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
