source: general/genlib/expat.xml@ f0cd2255

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<sect1 id="expat" xreflabel="expat-&expat-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="expat.html"?>
<title>expat-&expat-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="expat">
<primary sortas="a-Expat">Expat</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>expat</application></title>

<para>The <application>expat</application> package contains a stream oriented 
C library for parsing <acronym>XML</acronym>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&expat-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&expat-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &expat-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &expat-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&expat-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&expat-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>expat</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><ulink url="http://check.sourceforge.net/">Check</ulink> 
(for running the test suite)</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>expat</application></title>

<para>Install <application>expat</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>xmlwf</seg>
<seg>libexpat.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="xmlwf">
<term><command>xmlwf</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a non-validating utility to check whether or not 
<acronym>XML</acronym> documents are well formed.</para>
<indexterm zone="expat xmlwf">
<primary sortas="b-xmlwf">xmlwf</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libexpat">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libexpat.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains <acronym>API</acronym> functions for parsing 
<acronym>XML</acronym>.</para>
<indexterm zone="expat libexpat">
<primary sortas="c-libexpat">libexpat.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

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