How To Install xsltproc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsltproc on Debian 9.
What is xsltproc
xsltproc is:
XSLT is an XML language for defining transformations of XML files from XML to some other arbitrary format, such as XML, HTML, plain text, etc. using standard XSLT version 1.0 stylesheets.
This package contains a command line tool that facilitates XSLT transformations.
There are three methods to install xsltproc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xsltproc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsltproc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsltproc
Install xsltproc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsltproc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsltproc
Install xsltproc 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 xsltproc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsltproc
How To Uninstall xsltproc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xsltproc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsltproc
Uninstall xsltproc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsltproc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsltproc
Remove xsltproc Configurations and Data
To remove xsltproc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsltproc
Remove xsltproc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsltproc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsltproc
Dependencies
xsltproc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsltproc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.