How To Install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8. ocaml-xml-light is Minimal XML parser and printer for OCaml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ocaml-xml-light

Xml-Light is a minimal XML parser & printer for OCaml. It provides functions to parse an XML document into an OCaml data structure, work with it, and print it back to an XML document. It support also DTD parsing and checking, and is entirely written in OCaml, hence it does not require additional C library.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-xml-light.

Install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-xml-light using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-xml-light

Install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-xml-light using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocaml-xml-light

How To Uninstall ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ocaml-xml-light package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ocaml-xml-light

ocaml-xml-light Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/dtd.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/xml-light.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/xml.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/xmlParser.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/xml_lexer.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/xml-light/xml_parser.cmi
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-xml-light
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-xml-light/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-xml-light on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.