Information about the package, libxml2-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libxml2-static package is designed for, Static library for libxml2.
Package Name:
libxml2-static
Summary:
Static library for libxml2
URL:
Description:
Static library for libxml2 provided for specific uses or shaving a few microseconds when parsing, do not link to them for generic purpose packages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.6
Release:
21.el6_8.1
Size:
571 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libxml2-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libxml2-static
This command will install libxml2-static on the server.
yum remove libxml2-static
This command will un-install libxml2-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxml2-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libxml2-static
This command will un-install libxml2-static on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libxml2-static when using the -y flag.
yum update libxml2-static
This command will update libxml2-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxml2-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libxml2-static
This command will update libxml2-static to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libxml2-static when using the -y flag.
yum info libxml2-static
This command will show you core information about the libxml2-static package.
yum deplist libxml2-static
This command will show you the dependencies for libxml2-static. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libxml2-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libxml2-static. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.