1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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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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9 | <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum "896608641a08b465098a40ddf51cefba">
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10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "5.2 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "81 MB (add 31 MB for tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "0.4 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
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13 | <!ENTITY testsuite-version "20130923">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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18 |
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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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23 |
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24 | <title>libxml2-&libxml2-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="libxml2">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-libxml2">libxml2</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to libxml2</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | The <application>libxml2</application> package contains libraries
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35 | and utilities used for parsing XML files.
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36 | </para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs81_checked;
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39 |
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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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43 | <para>
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44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-http;"/>
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45 | </para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-ftp;"/>
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download MD5 sum: &libxml2-md5sum;
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download size: &libxml2-size;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Estimated disk space required: &libxml2-buildsize;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Estimated build time: &libxml2-time;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </itemizedlist>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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75 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>
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78 | Optional Testsuite:
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79 | <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz"/> - This
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80 | enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing.
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81 | </para>
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82 | </listitem>
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83 | <!-- All CVEs seem to have been applied in 2.9.4
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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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89 | </listitem>-->
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90 | </itemizedlist>
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91 |
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92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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95 | <para role="optional">
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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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99 | <!-- As discovered by Bruce, itstool needs this module. -->
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100 | </para>
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101 |
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102 | <note>
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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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107 | and some packages will not build properly if the
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108 | <application>Python</application> module is not available.
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109 | </para>
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110 | </note>
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111 |
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112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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113 | <para role="optional">
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114 | <xref linkend="icu"/> and
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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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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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121 | </sect2>
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122 |
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123 | <sect2 role="installation">
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124 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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125 |
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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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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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137 |
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138 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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139 | --disable-static \
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140 | --with-history \
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141 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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142 | make</userinput></screen>
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143 |
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144 | <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:</para>
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145 |
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146 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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147 |
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148 | <para>
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149 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check > check.log</command>.
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150 | A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
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151 | '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
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152 | installed and you want to check memory leaks, replace
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153 | <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
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154 | </para>
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155 |
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156 | <note>
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157 | <para>
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158 | The tests use <ulink url="http://localhost/">http://localhost/</ulink>
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159 | to test parsing of external entities. If the machine where you run the
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160 | tests serves as a web site, the tests may hang, depending on the
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161 | content of the file served. It is therefore recommended to shut down
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162 | the server during the tests, as the <systemitem
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163 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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164 | </para>
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165 |
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166 | <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>/etc/init.d/httpd stop</userinput></screen>
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167 | <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl stop httpd.service</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | </note>
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170 | <para>
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171 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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172 | </para>
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173 |
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174 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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175 | </sect2>
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176 |
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177 | <sect2 role="commands">
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178 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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179 |
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180 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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181 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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182 |
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183 | <para>
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184 | <parameter>--with-history</parameter>: This switch enables
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185 | <application>Readline</application> support when running
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186 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell mode.
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187 | </para>
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188 |
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189 | <para>
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190 | <parameter>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</parameter>: Allows to build
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191 | the libxml2 module with Python3 instead of Python2.
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192 | </para>
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193 |
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194 | <para>
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195 | <option>--with-icu</option>: Add this switch if you have built
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196 | <xref linkend="icu"/>, for better unicode support.
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197 | </para>
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198 |
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199 | <para>
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200 | <option>--with-threads</option>: Add this switch to enable multithread
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201 | support.
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202 | </para>
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203 |
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204 | </sect2>
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205 |
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206 | <sect2 role="content">
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207 | <title>Contents</title>
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208 |
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209 | <segmentedlist>
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210 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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211 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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212 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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213 |
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214 | <seglistitem>
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215 | <seg>
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216 | xml2-config, xmlcatalog and xmllint
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217 | </seg>
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218 | <seg>
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219 | libxml2.so and optionally, the libxml2mod.so
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220 | <application>Python</application> module
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221 | </seg>
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222 | <seg>
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223 | /usr/include/libxml2,
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224 | /usr/lib/cmake/libxml2,
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225 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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226 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version;, and
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227 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
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228 | </seg>
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229 | </seglistitem>
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230 | </segmentedlist>
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231 |
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232 | <variablelist>
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233 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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234 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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235 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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236 |
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237 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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238 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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239 | <listitem>
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240 | <para>
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241 | determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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242 | compile and link programs that use
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243 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2</filename>.
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244 | </para>
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245 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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246 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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247 | </indexterm>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 | </varlistentry>
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250 |
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251 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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252 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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253 | <listitem>
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254 | <para>
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255 | is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.
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256 | </para>
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257 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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258 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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259 | </indexterm>
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260 | </listitem>
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261 | </varlistentry>
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262 |
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263 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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264 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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265 | <listitem>
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266 | <para>
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267 | parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect
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268 | errors in XML coding.
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269 | </para>
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270 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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271 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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272 | </indexterm>
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273 | </listitem>
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274 | </varlistentry>
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275 |
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276 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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277 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename></term>
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278 | <listitem>
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279 | <para>
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280 | provides functions for programs to parse files that use the XML
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281 | format.
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282 | </para>
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283 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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284 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.so</primary>
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285 | </indexterm>
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286 | </listitem>
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287 | </varlistentry>
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288 |
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289 | </variablelist>
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290 |
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291 | </sect2>
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292 |
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293 | </sect1>
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