How To Install xmltoman on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltoman on Kali Linux.

What is xmltoman

xmltoman is:

xmltoman and xmlmantohtml are two small scripts to convert xml to man pages in groff format or html. It features the usual man page items such a “description”, “options”, “see also” etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmltoman

Install xmltoman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmltoman

Install xmltoman 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install xmltoman

How To Uninstall xmltoman on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xmltoman

Uninstall xmltoman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xmltoman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmltoman

Remove xmltoman Configurations and Data

To remove xmltoman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmltoman

Remove xmltoman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmltoman

Dependencies

xmltoman have the following dependencies:

• libxml-parser-perl

References

• xmltoman website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltoman package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.