RE: [xml] Newbie: libxml2 on cygwin

["Robert Collins" <robert collins itdomain com au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shaw [mailto:hertzsprrrung hotmail com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:11 PM
> To: xml gnome org
> Subject: [xml] Newbie: libxml2 on cygwin
>
>
> I have downloaded + installed cygwin with the libxml2 package.
>
> When I try to include the library, gcc cannot find it - I 
> have to manually 
> include the directory where libxml is stored.  

That's strange, gcc should automatically search /usr/include. Be sure to
use the correct #include in your source though.

> Once built 
> into an object 
> file, I have problems linking it with libxml, getting the 
> following error:
>
> $ gcc -o test htmltest.o
> htmltest.o(.text+0x22):htmltest.c: undefined reference to 
> `htmlParseFile'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You need to link against libxml2 - ie
gcc -o test.exe htmltest.o -lxml2

Rob