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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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[8180b89] | 8 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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[df013c7f] | 10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum "10942a1dc23137a8aa07f0639cbfece5">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "5.4 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "87 MB (add 15 MB for tests)">
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[0065e69] | 13 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "0.2 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
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[6b262734] | 14 | <!ENTITY testsuite-version "20130923">
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[52d29f7] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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[f45b1953] | 17 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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[1515ed8a] | 18 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 19 |
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[1515ed8a] | 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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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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[325113f8] | 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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[325113f8] | 37 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 38 |
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[82bdecf] | 39 | &lfs90_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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[325113f8] | 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Optional Testsuite:
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[6b262734] | 80 | <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz"/> - This
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[325113f8] | 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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[177d84bd] | 84 | <!--
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[391c170] | 85 | <listitem>
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| 86 | <para>
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[cc2643e1] | 87 | Recommended patch to prevent a segfault in itstool when using Python3:
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| 88 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/libxml2-&libxml2-version;-python3_hack-1.patch"/>
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[391c170] | 89 | </para>
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[177d84bd] | 90 | </listitem> -->
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[9a788838] | 91 | </itemizedlist>
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[5da63eb] | 92 |
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[437700ae] | 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[8e75f8b9] | 94 |
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[60ddbaf] | 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <para role="optional">
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| 97 | <xref linkend="python2"/> <!--or <xref linkend="python3"/> (to build and
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[ca25773c] | 98 | install a <application>Python</application> library module, additionally
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[60ddbaf] | 99 | it is required to run the full suite of tests)-->
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[40eb6f7] | 100 | <!-- As discovered by Bruce, itstool needs this module. -->
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[325113f8] | 101 | </para>
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[0af6ce1] | 102 |
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[1aadfdf] | 103 | <note>
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[325113f8] | 104 | <para>
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| 105 | Some packages which utilize <application>libxml2</application> (such as
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| 106 | <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>) need the
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[cd964c8] | 107 | <application>Python3</application> module installed to function properly
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[5bee197] | 108 | and some packages will not build properly if the
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[cd964c8] | 109 | <application>Python3</application> module is not available.
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>
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| 113 | The old <application>Python2</application> module can be built after
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| 114 | <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename> has been installed,
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| 115 | see <xref linkend="libxml2py2"/>.
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[325113f8] | 116 | </para>
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[1aadfdf] | 117 | </note>
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| 118 |
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[3fe6951] | 119 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[ec91d9f2] | 120 | <para role="optional">
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[626576d4] | 121 | <xref linkend="icu"/> and
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[ec91d9f2] | 122 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (may be used in the tests)
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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[325113f8] | 125 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 126 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml2"/>
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| 127 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 128 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 129 |
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[1515ed8a] | 130 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[437700ae] | 131 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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[177d84bd] | 132 | <!--
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[cc2643e1] | 133 | <para>
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| 134 | First apply a patch, which prevents segfaults in the Python module, when
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| 135 | built by <xref linkend="python3"/>:
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| 136 | </para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libxml2-&libxml2-version;-python3_hack-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | To ensure that the <application>Python</application> module can be
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[cd964c8] | 142 | built by <xref linkend="python3"/>, run:
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[ca25773c] | 143 | </para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/_PyVerify_fd/,+1d' python/types.c</userinput></screen>
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[177d84bd] | 146 | -->
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[df013c7f] | 147 | <para>
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| 148 | If you are going to run the tests, disable one test that prevents the
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| 149 | tests from completing:
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/test.test/#&/' python/tests/tstLastError.py</userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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[325113f8] | 154 | <para>
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| 155 | Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
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| 156 | commands:
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| 157 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 158 |
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[f2e7e668] | 159 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[60ddbaf] | 160 | --disable-static \
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| 161 | --with-history \
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| 162 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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[1515ed8a] | 163 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 164 |
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[6000a3e] | 165 | <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:</para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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| 168 |
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[8180b89] | 169 | <para>
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[beee921] | 170 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check > check.log</command>.
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| 171 | A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
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| 172 | '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
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| 173 | installed and you want to check memory leaks, replace
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| 174 | <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
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[8180b89] | 175 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 176 |
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[cf83ea8] | 177 | <note>
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | The tests use <ulink url="http://localhost/">http://localhost/</ulink>
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| 180 | to test parsing of external entities. If the machine where you run the
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| 181 | tests serves as a web site, the tests may hang, depending on the
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| 182 | content of the file served. It is therefore recommended to shut down
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| 183 | the server during the tests, as the <systemitem
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| 184 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>/etc/init.d/httpd stop</userinput></screen>
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| 188 | <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl stop httpd.service</userinput></screen>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </note>
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[325113f8] | 191 | <para>
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| 192 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 193 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 194 |
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[1515ed8a] | 195 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 196 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 197 |
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[1515ed8a] | 198 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 199 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 200 |
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[325113f8] | 201 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 202 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[177d84bd] | 203 | <!--
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[cd964c8] | 204 | <para>
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| 205 | <parameter>sed -i '/_PyVerify_fd/,+1d' python/types.c</parameter>: This
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| 206 | fixes the <application>Python3</application> code to build with
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| 207 | <application>gcc-7</application>.
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| 208 | </para>
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[177d84bd] | 209 | -->
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[325113f8] | 210 | <para>
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[f48df219] | 211 | <parameter>--with-history</parameter>: This switch enables
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[325113f8] | 212 | <application>Readline</application> support when running
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| 213 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell mode.
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| 214 | </para>
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[8180b89] | 215 |
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[f48df219] | 216 | <para>
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[177d84bd] | 217 | <parameter>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</parameter>: Allows building
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[6c6f393] | 218 | the libxml2 module with Python3 instead of Python2.
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[f48df219] | 219 | </para>
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| 220 |
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[ca25773c] | 221 | <para>
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| 222 | <option>--with-icu</option>: Add this switch if you have built
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| 223 | <xref linkend="icu"/>, for better unicode support.
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| 224 | </para>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>
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| 227 | <option>--with-threads</option>: Add this switch to enable multithread
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| 228 | support.
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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[1515ed8a] | 231 | </sect2>
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[8e75f8b9] | 232 |
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[1515ed8a] | 233 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 234 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <segmentedlist>
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| 237 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 238 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 239 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[8e75f8b9] | 240 |
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[1515ed8a] | 241 | <seglistitem>
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[325113f8] | 242 | <seg>
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[177d84bd] | 243 | xml2-config,
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| 244 | xmlcatalog, and
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| 245 | xmllint <!--and the
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[cd964c8] | 246 | drv_libxml2.py and libxml2.py <application>Python3</application>
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[177d84bd] | 247 | modules. These are pythin modules, not programs -->
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[325113f8] | 248 | </seg>
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| 249 | <seg>
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[177d84bd] | 250 | libxml2.so and
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| 251 | libxml2mod.so (<application>Python3</application> module)
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[325113f8] | 252 | </seg>
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| 253 | <seg>
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| 254 | /usr/include/libxml2,
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[ec91d9f2] | 255 | /usr/lib/cmake/libxml2,
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[325113f8] | 256 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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[ec91d9f2] | 257 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version;, and
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[325113f8] | 258 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
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| 259 | </seg>
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[1515ed8a] | 260 | </seglistitem>
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| 261 | </segmentedlist>
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[8e75f8b9] | 262 |
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[1515ed8a] | 263 | <variablelist>
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| 264 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 265 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 266 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 267 |
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[1515ed8a] | 268 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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| 269 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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| 270 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 271 | <para>
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| 272 | determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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| 273 | compile and link programs that use
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| 274 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2</filename>.
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| 275 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 276 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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| 277 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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| 278 | </indexterm>
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| 279 | </listitem>
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| 280 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 281 |
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[1515ed8a] | 282 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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| 283 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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| 284 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 285 | <para>
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| 286 | is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.
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| 287 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 288 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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| 289 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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| 290 | </indexterm>
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| 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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[8e75f8b9] | 293 |
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[1515ed8a] | 294 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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| 295 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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| 296 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 297 | <para>
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| 298 | parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect
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| 299 | errors in XML coding.
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| 300 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 301 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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| 302 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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| 303 | </indexterm>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 | </varlistentry>
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[177d84bd] | 306 | <!--
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[cd964c8] | 307 | <varlistentry id="drv_libxml2.py3">
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| 308 | <term><command>drv_libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 309 | <listitem>
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| 310 | <para>
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| 311 | is a SAX <application>Python3</application> driver for libxml2.
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| 312 | </para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 drv_libxml2.py3">
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[4f29081] | 314 | <primary sortas="b-drv_libxml2.py3">drv_libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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[cd964c8] | 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="libxml2.py3">
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| 320 | <term><command>libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>
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| 323 | is the <application>Python3</application> binding for libxml2.
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| 324 | </para>
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| 325 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2.py3">
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[4f29081] | 326 | <primary sortas="b-libxml2.py3">libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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[cd964c8] | 327 | </indexterm>
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| 328 | </listitem>
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| 329 | </varlistentry>
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[177d84bd] | 330 | -->
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[1515ed8a] | 331 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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[8180b89] | 332 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename></term>
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[1515ed8a] | 333 | <listitem>
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[325113f8] | 334 | <para>
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| 335 | provides functions for programs to parse files that use the XML
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| 336 | format.
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| 337 | </para>
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[1515ed8a] | 338 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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[325113f8] | 339 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.so</primary>
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[1515ed8a] | 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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[8180b89] | 343 |
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[cd964c8] | 344 | <varlistentry id="libxml2mod3">
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| 345 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2mod.so</filename></term>
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | is the interface for <application>Python3</application>
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| 349 | to use <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename>.
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| 350 | </para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2mod3">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2mod">libxml2mod.so</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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[1515ed8a] | 357 | </variablelist>
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[8180b89] | 358 |
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[1515ed8a] | 359 | </sect2>
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[8180b89] | 360 |
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[f45b1953] | 361 | </sect1>
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