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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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[382abcaf] | 7 | <!-- Also update the download, md5, size entities in libxml2py2.xml -->
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[1a699f7] | 8 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.9/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.xz">
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[8180b89] | 9 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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[1a699f7] | 10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp " ">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum "824470f8cc325ae6b01f174b842c321f">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "3.1 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "103 MB (with tests)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "0.6 SBU (with tests)">
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[6b262734] | 15 | <!ENTITY testsuite-version "20130923">
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[52d29f7] | 16 | ]>
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| 17 |
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[f45b1953] | 18 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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[1515ed8a] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 20 |
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[1515ed8a] | 21 | <sect1info>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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[8e75f8b9] | 24 |
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[437700ae] | 25 | <title>libxml2-&libxml2-version;</title>
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[8e75f8b9] | 26 |
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[1515ed8a] | 27 | <indexterm zone="libxml2">
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[8180b89] | 28 | <primary sortas="a-libxml2">libxml2</primary>
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[1515ed8a] | 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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[437700ae] | 32 | <title>Introduction to libxml2</title>
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[8e75f8b9] | 33 |
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[325113f] | 34 | <para>
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[8180b89] | 35 | The <application>libxml2</application> package contains libraries
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| 36 | and utilities used for parsing XML files.
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[325113f] | 37 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 38 |
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[453910f] | 39 | &lfs111_checked;
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[7f4cdbc0] | 40 |
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[1515ed8a] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &libxml2-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &libxml2-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &libxml2-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[8180b89] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &libxml2-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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[8e75f8b9] | 74 |
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[9a788838] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[8180b89] | 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[5da63eb] | 77 | <listitem>
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[325113f] | 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Optional Testsuite:
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[c6b192c] | 80 | <ulink url="https://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz"/> - This
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[325113f] | 81 | enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing.
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| 82 | </para>
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[5da63eb] | 83 | </listitem>
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[9a788838] | 84 | </itemizedlist>
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[5da63eb] | 85 |
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[437700ae] | 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[0b312a7] | 87 | <!-- do not advertize python2 here, except in the note below
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 89 | <para role="optional">
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| 90 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 | -->
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[60ddbaf] | 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="optional">
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[0b312a7] | 95 | <xref linkend="icu"/> (see below) and
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| 96 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (may be used in the tests)
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[325113f] | 97 | </para>
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[0af6ce1] | 98 |
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[1aadfdf] | 99 | <note>
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[cd964c8] | 100 | <para>
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| 101 | The old <application>Python2</application> module can be built after
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| 102 | <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename> has been installed,
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| 103 | see <xref linkend="libxml2py2"/>.
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[325113f] | 104 | </para>
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[1aadfdf] | 105 | </note>
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| 106 |
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[325113f] | 107 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 108 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml2"/>
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| 109 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 110 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 111 |
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[1515ed8a] | 112 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[437700ae] | 113 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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[1b8bba3] | 114 |
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[325113f] | 115 | <para>
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| 116 | Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
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| 117 | commands:
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| 118 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 119 |
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[f2e7e668] | 120 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[60ddbaf] | 121 | --disable-static \
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| 122 | --with-history \
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| 123 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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[1515ed8a] | 124 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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[d56e7df] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:
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| 128 | </para>
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[6000a3e] | 129 |
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| 130 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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| 131 |
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[8180b89] | 132 | <para>
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[beee921] | 133 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check > check.log</command>.
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| 134 | A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
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| 135 | '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
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[cbb1dd2] | 136 | installed and you want to check for memory leaks, replace
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[beee921] | 137 | <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
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[8180b89] | 138 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 139 |
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[cf83ea8] | 140 | <note>
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| 141 | <para>
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| 142 | The tests use <ulink url="http://localhost/">http://localhost/</ulink>
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| 143 | to test parsing of external entities. If the machine where you run the
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| 144 | tests serves as a web site, the tests may hang, depending on the
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| 145 | content of the file served. It is therefore recommended to shut down
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| 146 | the server during the tests, as the <systemitem
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| 147 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>/etc/init.d/httpd stop</userinput></screen>
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| 151 | <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl stop httpd.service</userinput></screen>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </note>
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[0b312a7] | 154 |
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[325113f] | 155 | <para>
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| 156 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 157 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 158 |
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[1515ed8a] | 159 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 160 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 161 |
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[1515ed8a] | 162 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 163 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 164 |
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[325113f] | 165 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 166 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[0b312a7] | 167 |
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[325113f] | 168 | <para>
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[f48df219] | 169 | <parameter>--with-history</parameter>: This switch enables
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[325113f] | 170 | <application>Readline</application> support when running
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| 171 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell mode.
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| 172 | </para>
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[8180b89] | 173 |
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[f48df219] | 174 | <para>
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[177d84bd] | 175 | <parameter>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</parameter>: Allows building
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[6c6f393] | 176 | the libxml2 module with Python3 instead of Python2.
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[f48df219] | 177 | </para>
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| 178 |
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[ca25773] | 179 | <para>
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| 180 | <option>--with-icu</option>: Add this switch if you have built
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| 181 | <xref linkend="icu"/>, for better unicode support.
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| 182 | </para>
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| 183 |
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[1515ed8a] | 184 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 185 |
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[1515ed8a] | 186 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 187 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <segmentedlist>
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| 190 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 191 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 192 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[8e75f8b9] | 193 |
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[1515ed8a] | 194 | <seglistitem>
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[325113f] | 195 | <seg>
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[8558044] | 196 | xml2-config,
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| 197 | xmlcatalog, and
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[177d84bd] | 198 | xmllint <!--and the
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[cd964c8] | 199 | drv_libxml2.py and libxml2.py <application>Python3</application>
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[177d84bd] | 200 | modules. These are pythin modules, not programs -->
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[325113f] | 201 | </seg>
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| 202 | <seg>
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[8558044] | 203 | libxml2.so and
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[177d84bd] | 204 | libxml2mod.so (<application>Python3</application> module)
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[325113f] | 205 | </seg>
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| 206 | <seg>
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| 207 | /usr/include/libxml2,
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[ec91d9f] | 208 | /usr/lib/cmake/libxml2,
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[325113f] | 209 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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[ec91d9f] | 210 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version;, and
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[325113f] | 211 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
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| 212 | </seg>
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[1515ed8a] | 213 | </seglistitem>
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| 214 | </segmentedlist>
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[8e75f8b9] | 215 |
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[1515ed8a] | 216 | <variablelist>
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| 217 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 218 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 219 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 220 |
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[1515ed8a] | 221 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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| 222 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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| 223 | <listitem>
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[325113f] | 224 | <para>
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| 225 | determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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| 226 | compile and link programs that use
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[4c24eb0a] | 227 | <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2</filename>
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[325113f] | 228 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 229 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 234 |
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[1515ed8a] | 235 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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| 236 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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[325113f] | 238 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 239 | is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs
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[325113f] | 240 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 241 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 246 |
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[1515ed8a] | 247 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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| 248 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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[325113f] | 250 | <para>
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| 251 | parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect
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[4c24eb0a] | 252 | errors in XML coding
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[325113f] | 253 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 254 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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[177d84bd] | 259 | <!--
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[cd964c8] | 260 | <varlistentry id="drv_libxml2.py3">
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| 261 | <term><command>drv_libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>
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| 264 | is a SAX <application>Python3</application> driver for libxml2.
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| 265 | </para>
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 drv_libxml2.py3">
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[4f29081] | 267 | <primary sortas="b-drv_libxml2.py3">drv_libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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[cd964c8] | 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="libxml2.py3">
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| 273 | <term><command>libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>
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| 276 | is the <application>Python3</application> binding for libxml2.
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| 277 | </para>
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2.py3">
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[4f29081] | 279 | <primary sortas="b-libxml2.py3">libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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[cd964c8] | 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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[177d84bd] | 283 | -->
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[1515ed8a] | 284 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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[8180b89] | 285 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename></term>
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[1515ed8a] | 286 | <listitem>
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[325113f] | 287 | <para>
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| 288 | provides functions for programs to parse files that use the XML
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[4c24eb0a] | 289 | format
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[325113f] | 290 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 291 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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[325113f] | 292 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.so</primary>
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[1515ed8a] | 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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[8180b89] | 296 |
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[cd964c8] | 297 | <varlistentry id="libxml2mod3">
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| 298 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2mod.so</filename></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>
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| 301 | is the interface for <application>Python3</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 302 | to use <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename>
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[cd964c8] | 303 | </para>
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| 304 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2mod3">
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| 305 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2mod">libxml2mod.so</primary>
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| 306 | </indexterm>
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| 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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| 309 |
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[1515ed8a] | 310 | </variablelist>
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[8180b89] | 311 |
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[1515ed8a] | 312 | </sect2>
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[8180b89] | 313 |
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[f45b1953] | 314 | </sect1>
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