How To Install xmlrpc-c-client on CentOS 8

xmlrpc-c-client is C client libraries for xmlrpc-c C client libraries for xmlrpc-c

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-c-client on CentOS 8.

What is xmlrpc-c-client

XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over the Internet. It converts the procedure call into XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response as XML. This library provides a modular implementation of XML-RPC for C clients. xmlrpc-c-client 1.51.0 5.el8 x86_64 40 k xmlrpc-c-1.51.0-5.el8.src.rpm baseos C client libraries for xmlrpc-c http BSD and MIT XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over the Internet. It converts the procedure call into XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response as XML. This library provides a modular implementation of XML-RPC for C clients.

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

Install xmlrpc-c-client 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 xmlrpc-c-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmlrpc-c-client

Install xmlrpc-c-client 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 xmlrpc-c-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmlrpc-c-client

How To Uninstall xmlrpc-c-client on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xmlrpc-c-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xmlrpc-c-client

xmlrpc-c-client Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/c687012b10434eee4488e6bc09c56ca01e347d
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_client.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_client.so.3.51
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/63c2a9a5c6bc98815daffb96ac2676939b7a0f
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_client.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_client.so.3.51

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-c-client on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.