How To Install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7. docbook5-style-xsl is Norman Walsh’s XSL stylesheets for DocBook 5.X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7.

What is docbook5-style-xsl

These XSL namespace aware stylesheets allow you to transform any DocBook 5 document to other formats, such as HTML, manpages, FO, XHMTL and other formats. They are highly customizable. For more information see W3C page about XSL.

We can use yum or dnf to install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install docbook5-style-xsl.

Install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install docbook5-style-xsl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install docbook5-style-xsl

Install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install docbook5-style-xsl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install docbook5-style-xsl

How To Uninstall docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the docbook5-style-xsl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove docbook5-style-xsl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook5-style-xsl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.