How To Install xmlroff 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 xmlroff on Ubuntu.

What is `xmlroff`

xmlroff is:

xmlroff is a fast, free, high-quality, multi-platform XSL formatter that aims to excel at DocBook formatting and that integrates easily with other programs and with scripting languages.

There are three methods to install xmlroff 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 xmlroff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlroff

Install xmlroff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmlroff

Install xmlroff 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 xmlroff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmlroff

How To Uninstall xmlroff on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xmlroff

Uninstall xmlroff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlroff

Remove xmlroff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlroff

Remove xmlroff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlroff

Dependencies

xmlroff have the following dependencies:

References

xmlroff website

Summary

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