How To Install tinyxml on CentOS 8

tinyxml is A simple, small, C++ XML parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml on CentOS 8.

What is `tinyxml`

TinyXML is a simple, small, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. Have you ever found yourself writing a text file parser every time you needed to save human readable data or serialize objects? TinyXML solves the text I/O file once and for all. (Or, as a friend said, ends the Just Another Text File Parser problem.)

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

Install tinyxml 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 tinyxml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tinyxml

Install tinyxml 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 tinyxml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tinyxml

How To Uninstall tinyxml on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove tinyxml

tinyxml Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/08a97d61679f152df437f342dad9b523dd972d
/usr/lib64/libtinyxml.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtinyxml.so.0.2.6.2
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/tinyxml/readme.txt

References

tinyxml website

Summary

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