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Dylnuge
September 9th, 2008, 11:16 PM
So, I was following some instructions for compiling something, and I got this error during ./configure:


configure: error: libxml2 development files not found, XML won't be supported.
This is an error since --with-xml was requested.

No problem, I check with aptitude, and sure enough, libxml2 has an update, and libxml2-dev isn't installed. I update the first, install the second, and run the ./configure again.

Again the error occurs. I try rebooting, and it's still there.

Any suggestions or ways I can fix this?

Thanks,
Dylan

Partyboi2
September 10th, 2008, 12:20 AM
If you dont need xml support maybe you could compile without it

./configure --without-xml
What program are you trying to compile?

IllegalCharacter
September 10th, 2008, 12:22 AM
Maybe try reinstalling libxml2-dev through Synaptic. I have had weird things happen when installing stuff with aptitude.

tuxxy
September 10th, 2008, 12:30 AM
Maybe when you ./configure you could try to configure with xml and point to the location of the dependant files.

cariboo
September 10th, 2008, 01:40 AM
Delete the config.log file and try it again.

Jim