How To Install xml2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xml2 on Debian 9.
What is xml2
xml2 is:
xml2 tools are used to convert XML, HTML and CSV to and from a line-oriented format more amenable to processing by classic Unix pipeline processing tools, like grep, sed, awk, cut, shell scripts, and so forth.
There are three methods to install xml2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xml2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xml2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xml2
Install xml2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xml2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xml2
Install xml2 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 xml2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xml2
How To Uninstall xml2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xml2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xml2
Uninstall xml2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xml2
Remove xml2 Configurations and Data
To remove xml2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xml2
Remove xml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xml2
Dependencies
xml2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xml2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.