How To Install xmlrpc-c on CentOS 8

xmlrpc-c is Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP

Introduction

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

What is `xmlrpc-c`

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. xmlrpc-c 1.51.0 5.el8 x86_64 212 k xmlrpc-c-1.51.0-5.el8.src.rpm baseos Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP 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.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xmlrpc-c

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

sudo yum -y install xmlrpc-c

How To Uninstall xmlrpc-c on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xmlrpc-c

xmlrpc-c Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/279969ac05c4b1e171f0e1cbf4015aa3e452ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/1998ceb7f72b1de89f4586bfcacf93fb40022a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/ad30c1a5e72225eb6946e3bee19148621239ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/cd5abe4f4db3ff5efe985d6c1ed6ebff55930b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/19ff3ea46f4986a43ed85ebe417a91de300cec
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/130eb78801d3304d5d7282720880dc5505b8f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/6623c11d19064d2b769d82fc155a11a4f4e6dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/209f74add23739864900ba8d1e28aa7f20c689
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/3ec704a83d892e7a5a94fce7ed36e56adde23b
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_abyss.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_abyss.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_openssl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_openssl.so.1.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server_abyss.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server_abyss.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server_cgi.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_server_cgi.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_util.so.4
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_util.so.4.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_xmlparse.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_xmlparse.so.3.51
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_xmltok.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_xmltok.so.3.51
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c/HISTORY
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c/license.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/6c733b22f3a7ad7b7e2fc134f5dfc9ab84cc52
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/548fe0160d049d03379c2a25853e04eb25b92d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/bd8fe7803c3cf91d008d0d5a9862a0113a0c75
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/00d66f8dfe5bed4e4658c61bafc3801c73e070
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/7f073e6941b63740a9ab3be9b6ceb69e945cea
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/71d7f137e6b140b7c39a93ecd2fad840847f42
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/9d33f396236309aa5a6764254eff1e78ff4068
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/98fdfc596d1aa19e77d80c9993f4b22ba7f516
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/14ecedc61dc6429c65c0fd63cf5ab8a60ea53d
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_abyss.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_abyss.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_openssl.so.1
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_openssl.so.1.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server_abyss.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server_abyss.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server_cgi.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_server_cgi.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_util.so.4
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_util.so.4.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_xmlparse.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_xmlparse.so.3.51
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_xmltok.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_xmltok.so.3.51
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/xmlrpc-c/HISTORY
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/xmlrpc-c/license.txt

References

[xmlrpc-c website](http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/ http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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