Information about the package, expat21, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The expat21 package is designed for, An XML parser library.
Package Name:
expat21
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:
x86_64
Version:
2.1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
73 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the expat21 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install expat21
This command will install expat21 on the server.
yum remove expat21
This command will un-install expat21 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expat21, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove expat21
This command will un-install expat21 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 expat21 when using the -y flag.
yum update expat21
This command will update expat21 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expat21, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update expat21
This command will update expat21 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 expat21 when using the -y flag.
yum info expat21
This command will show you core information about the expat21 package.
yum deplist expat21
This command will show you the dependencies for expat21. 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 expat21
This command will check if there is an update waiting on expat21. 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.