How To Install libxml-twig-perl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml-twig-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libxml-twig-perl
libxml-twig-perl is:
The XML::Twig module provides a way to process XML documents. It is built on top of XML::Parser.
The module offers a tree interface to the document, while allowing to output the parts of it that have been completely processed.
It allows minimal resource (CPU and memory) usage by building the tree only for the parts of the documents that need actual processing, through the use of the twig_roots and twig_print_outside_roots options. The finish and finish_print methods also help to increase performance.
XML::Twig tries to make simple things easy so it tries its best to takes care of a lot of the (usually) annoying (but sometimes necessary) features that come with XML and XML::Parser.
There are three methods to install libxml-twig-perl on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxml-twig-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxml-twig-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxml-twig-perl
Install libxml-twig-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxml-twig-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxml-twig-perl
Install libxml-twig-perl 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 libxml-twig-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxml-twig-perl
How To Uninstall libxml-twig-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxml-twig-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxml-twig-perl
Uninstall libxml-twig-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxml-twig-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxml-twig-perl
Remove libxml-twig-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libxml-twig-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxml-twig-perl
Remove libxml-twig-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxml-twig-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxml-twig-perl
Dependencies
libxml-twig-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml-twig-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.