How to Install libexpat1-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libexpat1-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libexpat1-dev software package provides XML parsing C library - development kit, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev 

libexpat1-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libexpat1-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libexpat1-dev *

You will get with libexpat1-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libexpat1-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libexpat1-dev
Version 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.2 [amd64,
Description XML parsing C library - development kit
Sub Section Devel


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