Install libxml2 on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libxml2
Learn how to install libxml2 with the command sudo apt-get install libxml2 on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of libxml2:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: libxml2
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install libxml2
Package Details | |
| Package: | libxml2 |
| Version: | 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.15 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://xmlsoft.org/ |
| Description: | 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. . This package provides a library providing an extensive API to handle such XML data files. Multi-Arch: same Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | libs |
How to install libxml2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If libxml2 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L libxml2' will give followin error.
Installing libxml2:
After system update use the following command to install libxml2:
sudo apt-get install libxml2
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove libxml2 from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the libxml2 from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the libxml2 following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove libxml2
Following command is used to remove the libxml2 package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libxml2
This will remove libxml2 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing libxml2 with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge libxml2
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libxml2
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with libxml2 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.