How To Install tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8. tinyxml2 is Simple, small and efficient C++ XML parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `tinyxml2`

TinyXML-2 is a simple, small, efficient, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrated into other programs. It uses a Document Object Model (DOM), meaning the XML data is parsed into a C++ objects that can be browsed and manipulated, and then written to disk or another output stream. TinyXML-2 doesn’t parse or use DTDs (Document Type Definitions) nor XSLs (eXtensible Stylesheet Language). TinyXML-2 uses a similar API to TinyXML-1, But the implementation of the parser was completely re-written to make it more appropriate for use in a game. It uses less memory, is faster, and uses far fewer memory allocations.

We can use yum or dnf to install tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tinyxml2.

Install tinyxml2 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 tinyxml2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tinyxml2

Install tinyxml2 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 tinyxml2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tinyxml2

How To Uninstall tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the tinyxml2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tinyxml2

tinyxml2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/1a0d903966f350bb4f2d477c4ad4dc8f901659
/usr/lib64/libtinyxml2.so.6
/usr/lib64/libtinyxml2.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml2
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml2/readme.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/7637648b0d1fac3838165527bcea08dfbf2ac1
/usr/lib/libtinyxml2.so.6
/usr/lib/libtinyxml2.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml2
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml2/readme.md

References

tinyxml2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.