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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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libxslt.rb
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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