source: general/genlib/libxml.xml@ 4949485e

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libxml-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libxml/1.8/libxml-&libxml-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libxml-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/libxml/1.8/libxml-&libxml-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libxml-md5sum        "c7d1b9b1cbfcfbbc56c92f424c37d32c">
  <!ENTITY libxml-size          "743 KB">
  <!ENTITY libxml-buildsize     "14 MB">
  <!ENTITY libxml-time          "0.3 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libxml" xreflabel="libxml-&libxml-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libxml.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libxml-&libxml-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libxml">
    <primary sortas="a-Libxml">Libxml</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libxml</title>

    <para>The <application>libxml</application> package contains the
    <application>libxml</application> libraries. These are useful for parsing
    XML files.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libxml</title>

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

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

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

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

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

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xml-config</seg>
        <seg>libxml.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/gnome-xml and /usr/share/gnome-xml</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libxml-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libxml.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the functions for programs to parse files that
          use the XML format.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libxml libxml-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libxml">libxml.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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