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 "9abc9959823ca9ff904f1fbcf21df066">
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10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "4.7 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "104 MB (additional 25 MB to run the full test suite)">
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12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "1.1 SBU (additional 0.2 SBU to run the full test suite)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>libxml2-&libxml2-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="libxml2">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-Libxml2">Libxml2</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to libxml2</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>libxml2</application> package contains
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33 | XML libraries. These are useful for parsing XML files.</para>
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34 |
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35 | &lfs67_checked;
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36 | <para>&lfssvn_checked;20101029&lfssvn_checked2;</para>
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &libxml2-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &libxml2-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &libxml2-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &libxml2-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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61 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Optional Testsuite: <ulink
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64 | url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts20080827.tar.gz"/> - This
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65 | enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing.
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66 | <!-- /* I can't find any documented reason not to use latest instead
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67 | of 20080205 */ Note
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68 | that this is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the latest version of the
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69 | testsuite, but it is the one specified by the developers.--></para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </itemizedlist>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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76 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/> (to build and install a
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77 | <application>Python</application> library module, additionally it is
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78 | required to run the full suite of tests)</para>
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79 |
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80 | <note>
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81 | <para>Some packages which utilize
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82 | <application>libxml2</application> (such as
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83 | <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>) need the
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84 | <application>Python</application> module installed to function
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85 | properly and some packages (such as GNOME Panel) will not build
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86 | properly if the <application>Python</application> module is not
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87 | available.</para>
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88 | </note>
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89 |
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90 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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91 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml2"/></para>
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 | <sect2 role="installation">
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96 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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97 |
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98 | <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:</para>
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99 |
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100 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts20080827.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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101 |
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102 | <para>Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
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103 | commands:</para>
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104 |
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105 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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106 | make</userinput></screen>
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107 |
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108 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. If you have
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109 | installed <application>Python</application> this will conclude by reporting
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110 | a failure in the regression tests. The extended testsuite runs near the end
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111 | of the tests, it will report a count of errors, and then report how many are
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112 | expected.</para>
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113 |
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114 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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117 |
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118 | </sect2>
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119 |
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120 | <sect2 role="commands">
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121 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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122 |
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123 | <para><parameter>--with-history</parameter>: If this option is used, it
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124 | enables <application>Readline</application> support when running
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125 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell
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126 | mode.</para>
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127 |
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128 | <caution>
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129 | <para>When using history support, <command>make check</command> will
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130 | hang forever if either <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> or
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131 | <filename>~/.inputrc</filename> has the option
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132 | <option>show-all-if-ambiguous</option> or
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133 | <option>show-all-if-available</option> turned on.</para>
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134 | </caution>
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135 |
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136 | <para><parameter>--enable-shared --disable-static</parameter>: This pair
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137 | of switches prevents the static libraries in this package from being
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138 | built and installed.</para>
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139 |
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | <sect2 role="content">
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143 | <title>Contents</title>
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144 |
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145 | <segmentedlist>
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146 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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147 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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149 |
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150 | <seglistitem>
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151 | <seg>xml2-config, xmlcatalog, and xmllint</seg>
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152 | <seg>libxml2.{so,a} and optionally, the libxml2mod.{so,a}
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153 | <application>Python</application> module</seg>
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154 | <seg>/usr/include/libxml2, /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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155 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version; and
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156 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2</seg>
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157 | </seglistitem>
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158 | </segmentedlist>
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159 |
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160 | <variablelist>
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161 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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162 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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163 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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164 |
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165 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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166 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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167 | <listitem>
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168 | <para>determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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169 | compile and link programs that use
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170 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2</filename>.</para>
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171 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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172 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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173 | </indexterm>
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174 | </listitem>
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175 | </varlistentry>
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176 |
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177 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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178 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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179 | <listitem>
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180 | <para>is used to monitor and manipulate XML
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181 | and SGML catalogs.</para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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183 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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189 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>parses XML files and outputs reports (based
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192 | upon options) to detect errors in XML coding.</para>
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193 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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194 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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195 | </indexterm>
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196 | </listitem>
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197 | </varlistentry>
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198 |
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199 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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200 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2.{so,a}</filename></term>
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201 | <listitem>
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202 | <para> libraries provide the functions for programs to parse files
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203 | that use the XML format.</para>
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204 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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205 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.{so,a}</primary>
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206 | </indexterm>
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207 | </listitem>
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208 | </varlistentry>
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209 |
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210 | </variablelist>
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211 |
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212 | </sect2>
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213 |
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214 | </sect1>
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