How To Install jing on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jing on CentOS 7. jing is RELAX NG validator in Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jing on CentOS 7.

What is jing

Jing is a RELAX NG validator written in Java. It implements the RELAX NG 1.0 Specification, RELAX NG Compact Syntax, and parts of RELAX NG DTD Compatibility, specifically checking of ID/IDREF/IDREFS. It also has experimental support for schema languages other than RELAX NG; specifically W3C XML Schema, Schematron 1.5, and Namespace Routing Language.

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

Install jing on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install jing

Install jing 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 jing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jing

How To Uninstall jing on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jing

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Summary

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