How To Install xml2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xml2 on CentOS 7. xml2 is XML/Unix Processing Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xml2 on CentOS 7.

What is xml2

These tools are used to convert XML and HTML to and from a line-oriented format more amenable to processing by classic Unix pipeline processing tools, like grep, sed, awk, cut, shell scripts, and so forth.

We can use yum or dnf to install xml2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xml2.

Install xml2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xml2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xml2

Install xml2 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 xml2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xml2

How To Uninstall xml2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xml2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xml2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xml2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.