How To Install libxslt-devel on CentOS 8

libxslt-devel is Development libraries and header files for libxslt Development libraries and header files for libxslt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `libxslt-devel`

The libxslt-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libxslt. libxslt-devel 1.1.32 6.el8 x86_64 323 k libxslt-1.1.32-6.el8.src.rpm appstream Development libraries and header files for libxslt http MIT The libxslt-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libxslt.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxslt-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxslt-devel.

Install libxslt-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 libxslt-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxslt-devel

Install libxslt-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 libxslt-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxslt-devel

How To Uninstall libxslt-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libxslt-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxslt-devel

libxslt-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/xslt-config
/usr/include/libexslt
/usr/include/libexslt/exslt.h
/usr/include/libexslt/exsltconfig.h
/usr/include/libexslt/exsltexports.h
/usr/include/libxslt
/usr/include/libxslt/attributes.h
/usr/include/libxslt/documents.h
/usr/include/libxslt/extensions.h
/usr/include/libxslt/extra.h
/usr/include/libxslt/functions.h
/usr/include/libxslt/imports.h
/usr/include/libxslt/keys.h
/usr/include/libxslt/namespaces.h
/usr/include/libxslt/numbersInternals.h
/usr/include/libxslt/pattern.h
/usr/include/libxslt/preproc.h
/usr/include/libxslt/security.h
/usr/include/libxslt/templates.h
/usr/include/libxslt/transform.h
/usr/include/libxslt/variables.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xslt.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xsltInternals.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xsltconfig.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xsltexports.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xsltlocale.h
/usr/include/libxslt/xsltutils.h
/usr/lib/libexslt.so
/usr/lib/libxslt.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libexslt.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxslt.pc
/usr/lib/xsltConf.sh
/usr/share/aclocal/libxslt.m4
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References

[libxslt-devel website](http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.