How to Install and Uninstall ruby-libxml Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ruby-libxml" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-libxml
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-libxml" package

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


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

Package: ruby-libxml
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 284
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.0-5build1
Depends: ruby (>= 1:2.3~0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), libruby2.3 (>= 2.3.0~preview2)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-libxml/ruby-libxml_2.8.0-5build1_amd64.deb
Size: 67012
MD5sum: 0fb6b401a45de607783d7506baf4d14a
SHA1: 890f41518ee84cd65409336e32119a12c38572e2
SHA256: a49ee2a2f9c08dc6caaa56e158f77a240c829e52f23fb94391f5152df775df3a
Description-en: Ruby Bindings for LibXML2
The Libxml-Ruby project provides Ruby language bindings for the GNOME
Libxml2 XML toolkit. It is free software, released under the MIT License.
Libxml-ruby's primary advantage over REXML is performance - if speed
is your need, these are good libraries to consider, as demonstrated
by the informal benchmark below.
Description-md5: 9687b15af7c8680988a7d37fe981a11c
Homepage: http://xml4r.github.com/libxml-ruby
Ruby-Versions: ruby2.3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu