How To Install stax2-api on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install stax2-api on CentOS 7. stax2-api is Experimental API extending basic StAX implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stax2-api on CentOS 7.

What is stax2-api

StAX2 is an experimental API that is intended to extend basic StAX specifications in a way that allows implementations to experiment with features before they end up in the actual StAX specification (if they do). As such, it is intended to be freely implementable by all StAX implementations same way as StAX, but without going through a formal JCP process.

We can use yum or dnf to install stax2-api on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install stax2-api.

Install stax2-api on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install stax2-api using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stax2-api

Install stax2-api 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 stax2-api using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stax2-api

How To Uninstall stax2-api on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the stax2-api package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove stax2-api

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stax2-api on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.