How To Install tagsoup on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tagsoup on CentOS 7. tagsoup is A SAX-compliant HTML parser written in Java

Introduction

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

What is tagsoup

TagSoup is a SAX-compliant parser written in Java that, instead of parsing well-formed or valid XML, parses HTML as it is found in the wild TagSoup is designed for people who have to process this stuff using some semblance of a rational application design. By providing a SAX interface, it allows standard XML tools to be applied to even the worst HTML.

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

Install tagsoup on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install tagsoup

Install tagsoup 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 tagsoup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tagsoup

How To Uninstall tagsoup on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove tagsoup

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Summary

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