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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[8180b89] | 7 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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[cef5d3a] | 9 | <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum "ae249165c173b1ff386ee8ad676815f5">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "5.1 MB">
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[ec91d9f2] | 11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "95 MB (additional 20 MB for tests)">
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[cef5d3a] | 12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "0.6 SBU (additional 0.2 SBU for tests)">
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[6b262734] | 13 | <!ENTITY testsuite-version "20130923">
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[52d29f7] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[f45b1953] | 16 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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[1515ed8a] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 18 |
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[1515ed8a] | 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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[8e75f8b9] | 23 |
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[437700ae] | 24 | <title>libxml2-&libxml2-version;</title>
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[8e75f8b9] | 25 |
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[1515ed8a] | 26 | <indexterm zone="libxml2">
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[8180b89] | 27 | <primary sortas="a-libxml2">libxml2</primary>
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[1515ed8a] | 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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[437700ae] | 31 | <title>Introduction to libxml2</title>
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[8e75f8b9] | 32 |
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[325113f8] | 33 | <para>
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[8180b89] | 34 | The <application>libxml2</application> package contains libraries
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| 35 | and utilities used for parsing XML files.
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[325113f8] | 36 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 37 |
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[4bf60a36] | 38 | &lfs81_checked;
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[7f4cdbc0] | 39 |
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[1515ed8a] | 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-http;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download MD5 sum: &libxml2-md5sum;
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| 55 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download size: &libxml2-size;
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| 60 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated disk space required: &libxml2-buildsize;
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| 65 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated build time: &libxml2-time;
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| 70 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </itemizedlist>
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[8e75f8b9] | 73 |
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[9a788838] | 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[8180b89] | 75 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[5da63eb] | 76 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 77 | <para>
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| 78 | Optional Testsuite:
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[6b262734] | 79 | <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz"/> - This
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[325113f8] | 80 | enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing.
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| 81 | </para>
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[5da63eb] | 82 | </listitem>
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[cef5d3a] | 83 | <!-- All CVEs seem to have been applied in 2.9.4
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[391c170] | 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>
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| 86 | Required patch:
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| 87 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/libxml2-&libxml2-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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[cef5d3a] | 89 | </listitem>-->
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[9a788838] | 90 | </itemizedlist>
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[5da63eb] | 91 |
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[437700ae] | 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[8e75f8b9] | 93 |
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[325113f8] | 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="recommended">
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[ca25773c] | 96 | <xref linkend="python2"/> or <xref linkend="python3"/> (to build and
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| 97 | install a <application>Python</application> library module, additionally
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| 98 | it is required to run the full suite of tests)
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[40eb6f7] | 99 | <!-- As discovered by Bruce, itstool needs this module. -->
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[325113f8] | 100 | </para>
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[0af6ce1] | 101 |
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[1aadfdf] | 102 | <note>
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[325113f8] | 103 | <para>
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| 104 | Some packages which utilize <application>libxml2</application> (such as
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| 105 | <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>) need the
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| 106 | <application>Python</application> module installed to function properly
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[5bee197] | 107 | and some packages will not build properly if the
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[325113f8] | 108 | <application>Python</application> module is not available.
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| 109 | </para>
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[1aadfdf] | 110 | </note>
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| 111 |
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[3fe6951] | 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[ec91d9f2] | 113 | <para role="optional">
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[626576d4] | 114 | <xref linkend="icu"/> and
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[ec91d9f2] | 115 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (may be used in the tests)
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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[325113f8] | 118 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 119 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml2"/>
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| 120 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 121 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 122 |
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[1515ed8a] | 123 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[437700ae] | 124 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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[1515ed8a] | 125 |
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[ca25773c] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | If you want to build the <application>Python</application> module for
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| 128 | <xref linkend="python3"/>, run:
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| 129 | </para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/_PyVerify_fd/,+1d' python/types.c</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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[325113f8] | 133 | <para>
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| 134 | Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
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| 135 | commands:
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| 136 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 137 |
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[92245989] | 138 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static --with-history &&
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[1515ed8a] | 139 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 140 |
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[6000a3e] | 141 | <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:</para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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| 144 |
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[8180b89] | 145 | <para>
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[beee921] | 146 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check > check.log</command>.
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| 147 | A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
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| 148 | '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
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| 149 | installed and you want to check memory leaks, replace
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| 150 | <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
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[8180b89] | 151 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 152 |
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[325113f8] | 153 | <para>
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| 154 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 155 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 156 |
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[1515ed8a] | 157 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 158 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 159 |
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[1515ed8a] | 160 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 161 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 162 |
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[325113f8] | 163 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 164 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[5da63eb] | 165 |
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[325113f8] | 166 | <para>
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[f48df219] | 167 | <parameter>--with-history</parameter>: This switch enables
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[325113f8] | 168 | <application>Readline</application> support when running
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| 169 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell mode.
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| 170 | </para>
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[8180b89] | 171 |
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[f48df219] | 172 | <para>
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| 173 | <option>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</option>: Add this switch if you
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| 174 | want libxml2 to use Python3 instead of Python2.
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| 175 | </para>
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| 176 |
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[ca25773c] | 177 | <para>
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| 178 | <option>--with-icu</option>: Add this switch if you have built
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| 179 | <xref linkend="icu"/>, for better unicode support.
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | <option>--with-threads</option>: Add this switch to enable multithread
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| 184 | support.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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[1515ed8a] | 187 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 188 |
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[1515ed8a] | 189 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 190 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <segmentedlist>
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| 193 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 194 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 195 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[8e75f8b9] | 196 |
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[1515ed8a] | 197 | <seglistitem>
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[325113f8] | 198 | <seg>
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[8180b89] | 199 | xml2-config, xmlcatalog and xmllint
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[325113f8] | 200 | </seg>
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| 201 | <seg>
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| 202 | libxml2.so and optionally, the libxml2mod.so
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| 203 | <application>Python</application> module
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| 204 | </seg>
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| 205 | <seg>
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| 206 | /usr/include/libxml2,
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[ec91d9f2] | 207 | /usr/lib/cmake/libxml2,
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[325113f8] | 208 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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[ec91d9f2] | 209 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version;, and
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[325113f8] | 210 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
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| 211 | </seg>
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[1515ed8a] | 212 | </seglistitem>
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| 213 | </segmentedlist>
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[8e75f8b9] | 214 |
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[1515ed8a] | 215 | <variablelist>
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| 216 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 217 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 218 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 219 |
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[1515ed8a] | 220 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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| 221 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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| 222 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 223 | <para>
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| 224 | determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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| 225 | compile and link programs that use
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| 226 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2</filename>.
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| 227 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 228 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 233 |
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[1515ed8a] | 234 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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| 235 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 237 | <para>
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| 238 | is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.
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| 239 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 240 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 245 |
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[1515ed8a] | 246 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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| 247 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 249 | <para>
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| 250 | parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect
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| 251 | errors in XML coding.
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| 252 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 253 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 258 |
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[1515ed8a] | 259 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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[8180b89] | 260 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename></term>
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[1515ed8a] | 261 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 262 | <para>
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| 263 | provides functions for programs to parse files that use the XML
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| 264 | format.
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| 265 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 266 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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[325113f8] | 267 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.so</primary>
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[1515ed8a] | 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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[8180b89] | 271 |
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[1515ed8a] | 272 | </variablelist>
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[8180b89] | 273 |
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[1515ed8a] | 274 | </sect2>
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[8180b89] | 275 |
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[f45b1953] | 276 | </sect1>
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