How to install xml2 on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install xml2 package on Ubuntu 16.10.


 

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Quick installation of xml2:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: xml2

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install xml2

Package Details

Package:xml2
Version:0.4-3.1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://ofb.net/~egnor/xml2/
Description:Convert between XML, HTML, CSV and a line-oriented format xml2 tools are used to convert XML, HTML and CSV to and from a line-oriented format more amenable to processing by classic Unix pipeline processing tools, like grep, sed, awk, cut, shell scripts, and so forth.
Distro:Ubuntu 16.10
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/utils

How to install xml2 on Ubuntu 16.10?

How to install xml2 on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.10 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 xml2 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L xml2' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L xml2
dpkg-query: package 'xml2' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing xml2:

After system update use the following command to install xml2:

sudo apt-get install xml2

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.10 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 xml2 from Ubuntu 16.10?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the xml2 from Ubuntu 16.10. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the xml2 following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  xml2

Following command is used to remove the xml2 package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove xml2

This will remove xml2 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing xml2 with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge xml2

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove xml2

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with xml2 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.