How To Install opensp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensp on Ubuntu 22.04. opensp is OpenJade groups SGML parsing tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensp on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is opensp

opensp is:

This package is a collection of SGML/XML tools called OpenSP. It is a fork from James Clark’s SP suite.

These tools are used to parse, validate, and normalize SGML and XML files. The central programs included in this package are ‘onsgmls’, which replaces sgmls, ‘ospam’, ‘ospent’, ‘osgmlnorm’, and ‘osx’.

There are three methods to install opensp on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opensp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensp

Install opensp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensp

Install opensp 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 opensp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensp

How To Uninstall opensp on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove opensp

Uninstall opensp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensp

Remove opensp Configurations and Data

To remove opensp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensp

Remove opensp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.