Re: [xml] Where do I find libxml2-dev source code?

[Andreas Pakulat <apaku gmx de>]

On 30.07.06 21:54:51, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to build the 'chessd' Internet chess server
>
> http://chessd.sourceforge.net/index-en.php
>
> on a Sun Ultra 60 with Solaris 10. The INSTALL files lists the following 
> requirements.
>
>      pkgconfig
>      postgres
>      postgres-dev
>      libpq-dev
>      libxml2-dev
>      libltdl3-dev
>      libtool
>      make (GNU version)
>
> But I can't seem to find libxml2-dev. I found the files
>
> libxml2-2.6.26.tar.gz
>
> libxml-docs.tar.gz  (is this relevant - note no number 2)
>
> but all the -devel versions I can find are rpms for 386 CPUs.

That's normal, because for binary packages like rpm, deb and others the
library (which is needed to run any program that uses the library)
itself is separated from the header files (which are needed to compile a
program that uses the library).

So the INSTALL file wants to help the users using Linux distributions to
easily find the correct packages (they often install only libfoobar and
wonder why the compilation fails). 

So the short answer is: You want the libxml2-2.6.26.tar.gz, extract it
and read the README and INSTALL files (if existant, don't know which of
the two are there).

Andreas

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