# Install xmlrpc-c with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Lightweight RPC library (based on XML and HTTP). Version 1.64.03 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:xmlrpc-c ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install xmlrpc-c ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install xmlrpc-c ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/xmlrpc-c/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add xmlrpc-c ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xmlrpc-c from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libxmlrpc-c++9 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++9 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install xmlrpc-c ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: xmlrpc-c from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#xmlrpc_c ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/xm/xmlrpc_c/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libxmlrpc-c++8-dev ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++8-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libxmlrpc++9 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libxmlrpc++9 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:xmlrpc-c - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.64.03 - **Source summary:** Lightweight RPC library (based on XML and HTTP) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - xmlrpc-c-config (cli) - xmlrpc-c-config (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.64.03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.io/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage XML-RPC for C/C++ is a modular C and C++ implementation of XML-RPC, the early web RPC protocol that sends XML-encoded procedure calls over HTTP. The package matters because it preserves a small native-code path for clients, servers, examples, and diagnostic tools in a protocol family now mostly remembered through legacy integrations. ### Project history The project traces back at least to the early 0.9 releases in January 2001, with Eric Kidd credited for the early release work in the official change history. Those releases quickly added CGI and Abyss server support, system.* method support, authentication, Windows fixes, and UTF-8 robustness. By the 0.9.10 release in June 2001, the project was shipping man pages and Debian packages. Release 1.00 in October 2004 marked a more formalized era under Bryan Henderson, adding a modular client transport structure with Curl and WinInet transports alongside libwww and continuing the package's build and portability cleanup. The user manual was first published by Bryan Henderson in November 2004 and is maintained as the main living documentation. The 1.03 release in June 2005 introduced new C++ libraries designed for pure C++ applications, while later releases continued to add utilities such as xmlrpc_dumpserver in 2017. ### Adoption history XML-RPC for C/C++ served users who wanted XML-RPC without a large application framework or slow interpreted stack. The manual explicitly positions the C/C++ libraries as a performance-oriented alternative to interpreted XML-RPC layers, and notes a Perl RPC::Xmlrpc_c binding that used the C libraries to avoid much of the overhead of pure-Perl XML-RPC stacks. Its release system and packaging history show the classic SourceForge-era library lifecycle: Subversion release branches, occasional SourceForge tarballs, stable series for conservative systems, and enough API compatibility concern to keep older wrappers and headers around. ### How it is used Developers link the C or C++ libraries to build XML-RPC clients and servers, choosing client transports such as Curl or server modes such as Abyss and CGI. The package also includes utilities and examples: xmlrpc performs one XML-RPC call from the command line, while xmlrpc_dumpserver can help inspect client behavior. ### Why package nerds care This is a fossil that still has teeth. It captures the period when XML-RPC, SOAP, CORBA, CGI, libwww, Curl, WinInet, and embedded HTTP servers all overlapped, and it remains useful whenever old XML-RPC integrations need a native Unix library rather than a runtime-heavy bridge. ### Timeline - 2001-01-09: Release 0.9.1 appeared in the official change history. - 2001-06-30: Release 0.9.10 added man pages and Debian packages. - 2004-10-25: Release 1.00 added the modular client XML transport structure. - 2004-11: Bryan Henderson published the first draft of the main user manual. - 2005-06-26: Release 1.03 introduced new C++ libraries for pure C++ applications. - 2017-03: xmlrpc_dumpserver was added as a diagnostic server utility. ### Related projects - Related projects and technologies include the XML-RPC protocol, libcurl, libwww, WinInet, the Abyss HTTP server, CGI, SOAP, CORBA, REST-RPC, JSON-RPC, and the Perl RPC::Xmlrpc_c binding. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** xmlrpc-c - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-c++9 - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++9 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C++ runtime libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-c++9-dev - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++9-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C++ development libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C development libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-core-c3t64 - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-core-c3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C runtime libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-util-dev - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-util-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [extra development libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - libxmlrpc-util4 - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxmlrpc-util4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [extra C runtime libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - xmlrpc-api-utils - 1.59.03-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: xmlrpc-api-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Generate C++ wrapper classes for XML-RPC servers | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Nix - xmlrpc_c: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/xm/xmlrpc_c/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libxmlrpc-c++8-dev - 1.33.14-12build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++8-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C++ development libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - libxmlrpc-c++8t64 - 1.33.14-12build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxmlrpc-c++8t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C++ runtime libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev - 1.33.14-12build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C development libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - libxmlrpc-core-c3t64 - 1.33.14-12build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxmlrpc-core-c3t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP [C runtime libraries] | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - xmlrpc-api-utils - 1.33.14-12build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: xmlrpc-api-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Generate C++ wrapper classes for XML-RPC servers | http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net - apk - xmlrpc-c - 1.51.08-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xmlrpc-c from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | This library provides a modular implementation of XML-RPC for C and C++ | https://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/ - apk - xmlrpc-c++ - 1.51.08-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xmlrpc-c++ from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | This library provides a modular implementation of XML-RPC for C++ | https://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/ - apk - xmlrpc-c-abyss - 1.51.08-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xmlrpc-c-abyss from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Abyss server libraries for C++ | https://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - 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