--- title: Install xmlstarlet on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of xmlstarlet for on Ubuntu - Command line utilities to transform, query, validate, and edit XML files url: https://snapcraft.io/install/xmlstarlet/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install xmlstarlet on **Ubuntu** # xmlstarlet [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)") * [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)") * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/xmlstarlet/ubuntu#install) #### Command line utilities to transform, query, validate, and edit XML files XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files using UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc commands. This set of command line utilities can be used by those who deal with many XML documents on UNIX shell command prompt as well as for automated XML processing with shell scripts. The toolkit's feature set includes options to: * Check or validate XML files (simple well-formedness check, DTD, XSD, RelaxNG) * Calculate values of XPath expressions on XML files (such as running sums, etc) * Search XML files for matches to given XPath expressions * Apply XSLT stylesheets to XML documents (including EXSLT support, and passing parameters to stylesheets) * Query XML documents (ex. query for value of some elements of attributes, sorting, etc) * Modify or edit XML documents (ex. delete some elements) * Format or "beautify" XML documents (as changing indentation, etc) * Fetch XML documents using http:// or ftp:// URLs * Browse tree structure of XML documents (in similar way to 'ls' command for directories) * Include one XML document into another using XInclude * XML c14n canonicalization * Escape/unescape special XML characters in input text * Print directory as XML document * Convert XML into PYX format (based on ESIS - ISO 8879), and vice versa **Snap-specific information** This snap ships the latest upstream release of the XML processing libraries at the moment, you may verify their versions by running the `xmlstarlet --version` command in a terminal. This is NOT an official snap distribution of XMLStarlet. Refer the issue tracker for any problems regarding the use of this snap: Issues · Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap ### Package name * xmlstarlet --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 20 July 2019 - latest/stable * 27 July 2019 - latest/beta This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap](https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap "https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap") --- ### Contact * [github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap/issues](https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap/issues "https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/xmlstarlet-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/xmlstarlet/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install xmlstarlet Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install xmlstarlet To install xmlstarlet, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install xmlstarlet ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/xmlstarlet/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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