How to Install and Uninstall libxml2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libxml2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libxml2" package

This tutorial shows how to install libxml2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libxml2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                libxml2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxml2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libxml2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 2095
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.14+dfsg-0.1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.9.14+dfsg-0.1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 839458
MD5sum: 457afe9cadfc43163531c6b334e7a516
SHA1: d1ac1a8a2f3885e43ffd524b720d4c20fc2c42c8
SHA256: 0a821953698d87de8cb08fd68d684b883f7680645526ad06cc96e89f55b6299f
Description: GNOME XML library
Description-md5: 6771e66f557fa0f71e6955303e1d8f8d
Multi-Arch: same

Package: libxml2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2097
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Conflicts: w3c-dtd-xhtml
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 763390
MD5sum: f0af3cbb1ba7643de9e8db6b7d17dcb8
SHA1: 25c4b1c8dbb9a896d453b82eaea4c797ddc04ecc
SHA256: faf0c3cd6c94255df8d9a61f408a0c117a32394d154578643938884e410783cd
SHA512: b437b3e488ad6082011f7e4d76864efb95aeedf90b9d25f4066402d648f235c4ff4e2dbb128001b877a64c99e6c7f58d8e7cfdc2e680292784866b72cf8b7973
Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org
Description: GNOME XML library
Description-md5: 6771e66f557fa0f71e6955303e1d8f8d
Task: minimal

Package: libxml2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.13+dfsg-1build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2092
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Conflicts: w3c-dtd-xhtml
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.9.13+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 761916
MD5sum: 34d7c582b49d4d0f107395589e746e92
SHA1: 005cb3ae7ec6be695cfc6e93b0a8a44b9571e733
SHA256: 4831826d0e320f6715722716d9737c7e57a052d20e55dd03ff7444c6e502a3ff
SHA512: 81e8d29180ae2953fd26dc6e507c642140c2f62a3205a894e0faac847b62e4904543674eaea14c022b067e6cfbd3fd9e61870ec6d3f248f772a2fac0929de78a
Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org
Description: GNOME XML library
Description-md5: 6771e66f557fa0f71e6955303e1d8f8d
Task: minimal