How To Install libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libxml2-static.x86_64 is Static library for libxml2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libxml2-static.x86_64`

Static library for libxml2 provided for specific uses or shaving a few microseconds when parsing, do not link to them for generic purpose packages.

We can use yum to install libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxml2-static.x86_64.

Install libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libxml2-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxml2-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libxml2-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libxml2-static.x86_64

libxml2-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libxml2.a

References

libxml2-static.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.