How To Install xmlto on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlto on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xmlto using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmltoInstall xmlto Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xmlto using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmltoInstall xmlto Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xmlto using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmltoHow To Uninstall xmlto on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xmlto package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmltoUninstall xmlto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmlto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmltoRemove xmlto Configurations and Data
To remove xmlto configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmltoRemove 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 xmltoDependencies
xmlto have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlto package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
