How To Install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8.
What is mingw32-expat
This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may register handlers.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-expat.
Install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mingw32-expat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-expat
Install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8 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 mingw32-expat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-expat
How To Uninstall mingw32-expat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mingw32-expat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-expat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-expat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.