How To Install libxml2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libxml2-dev is Development files for the GNOME XML library Development files for the GNOME XML library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libxml2-dev

libxml2-dev is:

XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language. A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It can do this because it’s written in SGML, the international standard metalanguage for markup languages.

Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using the GNOME XML library.

Package: libxml2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.9.10+dfsg-5 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libxml2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3414 Depends: libicu-dev, libxml2 (= 2.9.10+dfsg-5) Suggests: pkg-config Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.9.10+dfsg-5_amd64.deb Size: 736728 MD5sum: 7523158eafa6731d6c754b91ca3e4920 SHA1: 3e4acab41d03dea42e6cbee0414b94b307f27b4d SHA256: 469d95b6d9f160cd07fb24b39a89e840b310d4311916ec96d08924139e4813c9 Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org Description-en: Development files for the GNOME XML library XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language. A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It can do this because it’s written in SGML, the international standard metalanguage for markup languages.

Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using the GNOME XML library.

There are three methods to install libxml2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxml2-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-dev

Install libxml2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxml2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxml2-dev

Install libxml2-dev 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 libxml2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxml2-dev

How To Uninstall libxml2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libxml2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxml2-dev

Uninstall libxml2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxml2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml2-dev

Remove libxml2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxml2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxml2-dev

Remove libxml2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxml2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml2-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.