How To Install xmlbeans on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlbeans on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xmlbeans
xmlbeans is:
XMLBeans is a technology for accessing XML by binding it to Java types.
XMLBeans provides several ways to get at the XML, including:
- Through XML schema that has been compiled to generate Java types that represent schema types. In this way, you can access instances of the schema through JavaBeans-style accessors after the fashion of “getFoo” and “setFoo”. The XMLBeans API also allows you to reflect into the XML schema itself through an XML Schema Object model.
- A cursor model through which you can traverse the full XML infoset.
- Support for XML DOM.
This package provide some command-line tools:
- dumpxsb: XSB File Dumper
- inst2xsd: Instance to Schema Tool
- scomp: Schema Compiler
- sdownload: Schema Downloader
- sfactor: Schema Factoring Tool
- svalidate: Streaming Instance Validator
- xsdvalidate: Instance Validator
- xpretty: XML Pretty Printer
- xsd2inst: Schema to Instance Tool
- xsdtree: Schema Type Hierarchy Printer
- xstc: Invoke XSTC
There are three methods to install xmlbeans 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 xmlbeans Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmlbeans using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmlbeans
Install xmlbeans Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmlbeans using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmlbeans
Install xmlbeans 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 xmlbeans using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmlbeans
How To Uninstall xmlbeans on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xmlbeans package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmlbeans
Uninstall xmlbeans And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmlbeans and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlbeans
Remove xmlbeans Configurations and Data
To remove xmlbeans configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmlbeans
Remove xmlbeans configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmlbeans configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlbeans
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlbeans package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
