How To Install tinyxml2-devel on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml2-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `tinyxml2-devel`

This package contains the libraries and header files that are needed for writing applications with the tinyxml2 library. tinyxml2-devel 6.0.0 3.el8 x86_64 28 k tinyxml2-6.0.0-3.el8.src.rpm powertools Development files for tinyxml2 https zlib This package contains the libraries and header files that are needed for writing applications with the tinyxml2 library.

We can use yum or dnf to install tinyxml2-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tinyxml2-devel.

Install tinyxml2-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 tinyxml2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tinyxml2-devel

Install tinyxml2-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 tinyxml2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tinyxml2-devel

How To Uninstall tinyxml2-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tinyxml2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tinyxml2-devel

tinyxml2-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/tinyxml2.h
/usr/lib/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Config.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Targets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Targets.cmake
/usr/lib/libtinyxml2.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/tinyxml2.pc
/usr/include/tinyxml2.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Targets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/tinyxml2/tinyxml2Targets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libtinyxml2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tinyxml2.pc

References

[tinyxml2-devel website](https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2 https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyxml2-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.