How To Install expat-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install expat-devel on CentOS 8.
What is expat-devel
The expat-devel package contains the libraries, include files and documentation to develop XML applications with expat. expat-devel 2.2.5 4.el8 x86_64 55 k expat-2.2.5-4.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries and header files to develop applications using expat https MIT The expat-devel package contains the libraries, include files and documentation to develop XML applications with expat.
We can use yum or dnf to install expat-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install expat-devel.
Install expat-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install expat-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install expat-devel
Install expat-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install expat-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install expat-devel
How To Uninstall expat-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the expat-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove expat-devel
expat-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/expat.h
/usr/include/expat_config.h
/usr/include/expat_external.h
/usr/lib/libexpat.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/elements.c
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/expat.png
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/outline.c
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/reference.html
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/style.css
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/valid-xhtml10.png
/usr/include/expat.h
/usr/include/expat_config.h
/usr/include/expat_external.h
/usr/lib64/libexpat.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/expat.pc
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/elements.c
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/expat.png
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/outline.c
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/reference.html
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/style.css
/usr/share/doc/expat-devel/valid-xhtml10.png
References
- [expat-devel website](https://libexpat.github.io/ https://libexpat.github.io/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install expat-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.