Download location (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml2/2.4/libxml2-2.4.26.tar.bz2 Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.xmlsoft.org/libxml2-2.4.26.tar.gz Version used: 2.4.26 Package size: 1.6 MB Estimated Disk space required: 23 MB |
The libxml2 package contains the libxml2 libraries. These are useful for parsing XML files.
libxml2 will utilize: Python-2.2.2 |
Install libxml2 by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run whilst logged in as root.
The libxml2 package contains libxml2 libraries, xmllint and xmlcatalog.
libxml2 provides the functions for programs to parse files that use the XML format.
xmllint parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect errors in XML coding.
xmlcatalog allows users to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.