Information about the package, xml2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xml2 package is designed for, XML/Unix Processing Tools.
Package Name:
xml2
Summary:
XML/Unix Processing Tools
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5
Release:
7.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the xml2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xml2
This command will install xml2 on the server.
yum remove xml2
This command will un-install xml2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xml2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xml2
This command will un-install xml2 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 xml2 when using the -y flag.
yum update xml2
This command will update xml2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xml2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xml2
This command will update xml2 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 xml2 when using the -y flag.
yum info xml2
This command will show you core information about the xml2 package.
yum deplist xml2
This command will show you the dependencies for xml2. 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 xml2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xml2. 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.