How To Install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 is OpenSSL crypto plugin for XML Security Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64`

OpenSSL plugin for XML Security Library provides OpenSSL based crypto services for the xmlsec library.

We can use yum to install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64.

Install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 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 xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64

How To Uninstall xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64

xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libxmlsec1-openssl.so
/usr/lib64/libxmlsec1-openssl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxmlsec1-openssl.so.1.2.20

References

xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlsec1-openssl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.