How To Install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8. xmlrpc-c-client is C client libraries for xmlrpc-c

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `xmlrpc-c-client`

XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over the Internet. It converts the procedure call into XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response as XML. This library provides a modular implementation of XML-RPC for C clients.

We can use yum or dnf to install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmlrpc-c-client.

Install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xmlrpc-c-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmlrpc-c-client

Install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xmlrpc-c-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmlrpc-c-client

How To Uninstall xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xmlrpc-c-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xmlrpc-c-client

xmlrpc-c-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/fc24bfee2c2229ef1f2a9599bd5a7ebb0d1ae8
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_client.so.3
/usr/lib/libxmlrpc_client.so.3.51
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/92076e8c2ddf03db2d00366dc261a87ba1ab91
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_client.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxmlrpc_client.so.3.51

References

xmlrpc-c-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-c-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.