How To Install python-libxslt1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxslt1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libxslt1
python-libxslt1 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 Python bindings for libxslt, needed to use libxslt in Python programs.
There are three methods to install python-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libxslt1
Install python-libxslt1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libxslt1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libxslt1
Install python-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libxslt1
How To Uninstall python-libxslt1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libxslt1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libxslt1
Uninstall python-libxslt1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libxslt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libxslt1
Remove python-libxslt1 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libxslt1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libxslt1
Remove python-libxslt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libxslt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libxslt1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxslt1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
