How To Install libxpathselect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpathselect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libxpathselect-dev is Select objects in an object tree using XPath queries – development files

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.

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