How to Install and Uninstall expat Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "expat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install expat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall expat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                expat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the expat package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: expat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 54
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/e/expat/expat_2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5_amd64.deb
Size: 13246
MD5sum: 6bbfeed54b120d8c3656f173c6b1fe52
SHA1: 09d0d249b2a7441b4d20cc4f0b24699ef9890c64
SHA256: f60bf63f9e91dc9cafb9a66a5635949057868543bba4eaa8c472861387ae59bb
SHA512: cfbb862ae8c9103e806c379455cd35b68c1e1d8443e13402984270bf00addf5d6f4f7a8ae62fd6ee4b47fe64f1fcee6511a57efec1ae21fdf9056afe0b06c25d
Homepage: http://expat.sourceforge.net
Description-en: XML parsing C library - example application
This package contains xmlwf, an example application of expat, the C
library for parsing XML. The arguments to xmlwf are one or more
files which are each to be checked for XML well-formedness.
Description-md5: 946951e418841b66002f30694d1a0b72

Package: expat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.0-7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/e/expat/expat_2.1.0-7_amd64.deb
Size: 13214
MD5sum: 7d4fe53fe988c36c4362a92b0ef6ed3b
SHA1: 331b4987b1443a0f6881ee8e7c4fdeed4591f355
SHA256: 0a9731206f984bc883af6d1678d8ca0e82eca7dea900b0c0a17450198e5c87ba
Description-en: XML parsing C library - example application
This package contains xmlwf, an example application of expat, the C
library for parsing XML. The arguments to xmlwf are one or more
files which are each to be checked for XML well-formedness.
Description-md5: 946951e418841b66002f30694d1a0b72
Homepage: http://expat.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu