How To Install xmlformat-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. xmlformat-doc is XML Document Formatter documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is xmlformat-doc

xmlformat-doc is:

xmlformat is a configurable formatter (or “pretty-printer”) for XML documents. It provides control over indentation, line-breaking, and text wrapping. These properties can be defined on a per-element basis.

xmlformat provides improved diagnostic information when a document is not well-formed. (Prints line and token number, and stack trace).

This is the documentation for xmlformat

There are three methods to install xmlformat-doc 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 xmlformat-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlformat-doc

Install xmlformat-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmlformat-doc

Install xmlformat-doc 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 xmlformat-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmlformat-doc

How To Uninstall xmlformat-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the xmlformat-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xmlformat-doc

Uninstall xmlformat-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xmlformat-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlformat-doc

Remove xmlformat-doc Configurations and Data

To remove xmlformat-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlformat-doc

Remove xmlformat-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlformat-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlformat-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.