How To Install xalan-c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xalan-c on Rocky Linux 8. xalan-c is Xalan XSLT processor for C/C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xalan-c on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xalan-c

The Apache Xalan-C++ Project provides a library and a command line program to transform XML documents using a stylesheet that conforms to XSLT 1.0 standards. Xalan is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

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

Install xalan-c 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 xalan-c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xalan-c

Install xalan-c 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 xalan-c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xalan-c

How To Uninstall xalan-c on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xalan-c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xalan-c

xalan-c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/Xalan
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/4adb7674d696dfd8b936e1823688a73cc40dc3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/31ace061f780297697aa84fe7ba52a6a8b1f33
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/c5e3a6a280daef2f61a3006ad3482cda79afd7
/usr/lib64/libxalan-c.so.112
/usr/lib64/libxalan-c.so.112.0
/usr/lib64/libxalanMsg.so.112
/usr/lib64/libxalanMsg.so.112.0
/usr/share/doc/xalan-c
/usr/share/doc/xalan-c/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/xalan-c/KEYS
/usr/share/doc/xalan-c/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/xalan-c/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xalan-c
/usr/share/licenses/xalan-c/LICENSE

References

Summary

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