How to Install and Uninstall libxml2-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libxml2-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libxml2-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libxml2-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libxml2-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libxml2-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libxml2-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxml2-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libxml2-dev
Source: libxml2 (2.9.14+dfsg-1.3)
Version: 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3+b2
Installed-Size: 3326
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libicu-dev, libxml2 (= 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3+b2)
Suggests: pkg-config
Size: 787156
SHA256: a71db505ad90c9bceaa8be57bf79725cf0c784910270cfea44caa3ee8ab11277
SHA1: 2dba34d0d75194af7d7fd003c2c80aa12a8fc2aa
MD5sum: 33b27446d524442b172d6a26597c2521
Description: GNOME XML library - development files
XML is a metalanguage to let you design your own markup language.
A regular markup language defines a way to describe information in
a certain class of documents (eg HTML). XML lets you define your
own customized markup languages for many classes of document. It
can do this because it's written in SGML, the international standard
metalanguage for markup languages.
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Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using
the GNOME XML library.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org
Tag: devel::library, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::gnome, uitoolkit::gtk,
works-with-format::xml, x11::application
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.9.14+dfsg-1.3+b2_amd64.deb