How To Install libxml2 on Fedora 34

libxml2 is Library providing XML and HTML support Library providing XML and HTML support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libxml2`

This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations. In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an URI library. libxml2 2.9.12 4.fc34 i686 774 k libxml2-2.9.12-4.fc34.src.rpm updates Library providing XML and HTML support http MIT This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations. In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an URI library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxml2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxml2.

Install libxml2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libxml2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxml2

Install libxml2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libxml2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxml2

How To Uninstall libxml2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libxml2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxml2

libxml2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xmlcatalog
/usr/bin/xmllint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/7a8b223a005d50d18631e7feb56c5b6b680511
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/5fbe375d41b833553fb5fbf488c2dbcbb2e79d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/27d09549d5a2edeec773e3a4325b1323c21c3f
/usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2.9.12
/usr/share/doc/libxml2
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/README
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2/Copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/xmlcatalog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmllint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libxml.3.gz
/usr/bin/xmlcatalog
/usr/bin/xmllint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/54ba218d982292175de540b213159c8a194441
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/1902cc2f0d219707ae80a32f3d059abdb853a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/0f2b4702380d667c0f597842c6a4575efd9ab1
/usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2.9.10
/usr/share/doc/libxml2
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/README
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2/Copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/xmlcatalog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmllint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libxml.3.gz
/usr/bin/xmlcatalog
/usr/bin/xmllint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/5a0f5e611374057f49ef997aad7e8501ee1f4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/9225cb8d2d6c56df1adfe5d0ce6ce89e83d540
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/2beaf9b30574724bb0c09b0be3904f01ab43e2
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.10
/usr/share/doc/libxml2
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/README
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2/Copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/xmlcatalog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmllint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libxml.3.gz
/usr/bin/xmlcatalog
/usr/bin/xmllint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/141708e31e8d7a5784efa16a3e1f22c68ee64c
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/da556532b25f87fadbf35b947847f561ee0f72
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/07b6f9ec11826958e84a468016189897a232f5
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.12
/usr/share/doc/libxml2
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/README
/usr/share/doc/libxml2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2
/usr/share/licenses/libxml2/Copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/xmlcatalog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmllint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libxml.3.gz

References

[libxml2 website](http://xmlsoft.org/ http://xmlsoft.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxml2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.