How To Install xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xalan-j2.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. xalan-j2.noarch is Java XSLT processor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is xalan-j2.noarch

Xalan is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types. It implements the W3C Recommendations for XSL Transformations (XSLT) and the XML Path Language (XPath). It can be used from the command line, in an applet or a servlet, or as a module in other program.

We can use yum to install xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xalan-j2.noarch.

Install xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xalan-j2.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xalan-j2.noarch

How To Uninstall xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xalan-j2.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xalan-j2.noarch

xalan-j2.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/xalan-j2-2.7.1
/usr/share/doc/xalan-j2-2.7.1/KEYS
/usr/share/doc/xalan-j2-2.7.1/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/xalan-j2-2.7.1/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/doc/xalan-j2-2.7.1/readme.html
/usr/share/java/jaxp_transform_impl.jar
/usr/share/java/xalan-j2-serializer.jar
/usr/share/java/xalan-j2.jar
/usr/share/maven-fragments/xalan-j2
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-xalan-j2-serializer.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-xalan-j2.pom

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xalan-j2.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.