How To Install xmlto on Debian 12

Learn how to install xmlto on Debian 12 with this tutorial. xmlto is XML-to-any converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlto on Debian 12.

What is xmlto

xmlto is:

xmlto is a front-end to an XSL toolchain. It chooses an appropriate stylesheet for the conversion you want and applies it using an external XSLT processor (currently, only xsltproc is supported). It also performs any necessary post-processing.

It supports converting from DocBook XML to DVI, XSL-FO, HTML and XHTML (one or multiple pages), epub, manual page, PDF, PostScript and plain text. It also supports converting from XSL-FO to DVI, PDF and PostScript.

DVI output requires dblatex or PassiveTeX. Other formats can be produced with any of the supported toolchains - dblatex, PassiveTeX or docbook-xsl/fop (but may require some extensions).

There are three methods to install xmlto 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 xmlto Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlto

Install xmlto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xmlto using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xmlto

Install xmlto 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 xmlto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmlto

How To Uninstall xmlto on Debian 12

To uninstall only the xmlto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xmlto

Uninstall xmlto And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xmlto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlto

Remove xmlto Configurations and Data

To remove xmlto configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlto

Remove xmlto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlto

Dependencies

xmlto have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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