How To Install erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7. erlang-erlsom is Support for XML Schema in Erlang

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7.

What is erlang-erlsom

Erlsom is a set of functions to deal with XML Schema (XSDs) in Erlang. First you ‘compile’ the schema, and after that you can parse XML documents that conform to the schema. The result is a structure of Erlang records, based on the types that are defined by the Schema. Or, the other way around, a structure of records can be translated to an XML document.

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

Install erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-erlsom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-erlsom

Install erlang-erlsom 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 erlang-erlsom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-erlsom

How To Uninstall erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the erlang-erlsom package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlang-erlsom

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-erlsom on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.