How To Install wixl on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install wixl on Debian 11. wixl is Windows Installer creation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wixl on Debian 11.

What is wixl

wixl is:

wixl builds Windows Installer (.msi) packages from XML documents, in a similar fashion to the WiX toolset.

This package includes wixl-heat, which builds WiX XML fragments from lists of files and directories.

There are three methods to install wixl 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 wixl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wixl

Install wixl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wixl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wixl

Install wixl 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 wixl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wixl

How To Uninstall wixl on Debian 11

To uninstall only the wixl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wixl

Uninstall wixl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wixl

Remove wixl Configurations and Data

To remove wixl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wixl

Remove wixl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wixl

Dependencies

wixl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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