How To Install libxmlsec1 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 libxmlsec1
on Ubuntu.
What is libxmlsec1
libxmlsec1 is:
The XML Security Library implements standards related to secure handling of XML data.
This package provides dynamic libraries for use by applications. Specifically, it provides all XML security library functionality except for the cryptography engine.
There are three methods to install libxmlsec1
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 libxmlsec1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmlsec1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmlsec1
Install libxmlsec1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmlsec1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmlsec1
Install libxmlsec1 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 libxmlsec1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmlsec1
How To Uninstall libxmlsec1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxmlsec1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmlsec1
Uninstall libxmlsec1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmlsec1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlsec1
Remove libxmlsec1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxmlsec1
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlsec1
Remove libxmlsec1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmlsec1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmlsec1
Dependencies
libxmlsec1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlsec1
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.