How To Install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8.
What is xerces-c
Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. Xerces-C makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents. Xerces-C is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and associated standards Edition), DOM Level 1, 2, 3 Core, DOM Level 2.0 Traversal and Range, DOM Level 3.0 Load and Save, SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0, Namespaces in XML, Namespaces in XML 1.1, XML Schema, XML Inclusions).
We can use yum or dnf to install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xerces-c.
Install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xerces-c using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xerces-c
Install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xerces-c using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xerces-c
How To Uninstall xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the xerces-c package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xerces-c
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xerces-c on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.