How To Install xmlrpc-api-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-api-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xmlrpc-api-utils
xmlrpc-api-utils is:
XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over the Internet. It converts the procedure call into an XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response as XML.
This package contains two programs:
- xml-rpc-api2cpp, a utility for generating C++ wrapper classes based on an XML-RPC API, obtained by interrogating an XML-RPC server.
- xml-rpc-api2txt, a utility for printing out an XML-RPC API as a text file. The API is obtained by interrogating an XML-RPC server.
There are three methods to install xmlrpc-api-utils 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 xmlrpc-api-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmlrpc-api-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmlrpc-api-utils
Install xmlrpc-api-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmlrpc-api-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmlrpc-api-utils
Install xmlrpc-api-utils 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 xmlrpc-api-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmlrpc-api-utils
How To Uninstall xmlrpc-api-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xmlrpc-api-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmlrpc-api-utils
Uninstall xmlrpc-api-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmlrpc-api-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlrpc-api-utils
Remove xmlrpc-api-utils Configurations and Data
To remove xmlrpc-api-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmlrpc-api-utils
Remove xmlrpc-api-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmlrpc-api-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlrpc-api-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-api-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
