Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpathselect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxpathselect-dev
libxpathselect-dev is:
This library allows you to select arbitrary objects in an object tree using a
small subset of the XPath specification.
This package contains development files for xpathselect.
There are three methods to install libxpathselect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxpathselect-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxpathselect-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxpathselect-dev
Install libxpathselect-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxpathselect-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxpathselect-dev
Install libxpathselect-dev 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 libxpathselect-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxpathselect-dev
How To Uninstall libxpathselect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxpathselect-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxpathselect-dev
Uninstall libxpathselect-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxpathselect-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxpathselect-dev
Remove libxpathselect-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxpathselect-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxpathselect-dev
Remove libxpathselect-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxpathselect-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxpathselect-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpathselect-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
