How To Install wixl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wixl on Debian 12.
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 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
