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libxslt

brew install libxslt v1.1.45 X11 keg-only

C library implementing XSLT 1.0 for XML transformation, used by system tools and build dependencies.

Why you might care

libxslt is keg-only because macOS provides its own version, but you may need this formula if you're building software that requires a specific or newer XSLT implementation, or developing C/C++ applications that transform XML. It's a core dependency for many programming language bindings and older web frameworks.

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Alternatives

libxml2 Saxon xsltproc
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90-day · #439
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Caveats

To allow the nokogiri gem to link against this libxslt run:
  gem install nokogiri -- --with-xslt-dir=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/libxslt

Keg-only reason

:provided_by_macos

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