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expat


Information about the package, expat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The expat package is designed for, An XML parser library.


Package Name:

expat

Summary:

An XML parser library

Description:

This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may register handlers.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

2.0.1

Release:

13.el6_8

Size:

79 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for expat


Control the expat package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install expat

This command will install expat on the server.

yum remove expat

This command will un-install expat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove expat

This command will un-install expat 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 expat when using the -y flag.

yum update expat

This command will update expat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update expat

This command will update expat 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 expat when using the -y flag.

yum info expat

This command will show you core information about the expat package.

yum deplist expat

This command will show you the dependencies for expat. 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 expat

This command will check if there is an update waiting on expat. 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.