Introduction to libxml2
The libxml2 package contains libraries and utilities used for
parsing XML files.
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Important
Updating this package is known to break ABI.
libxml2 Dependencies
Recommended
ICU-77.1
Installation of libxml2
First, remove an unnecessary call to git in meson.build:
sed -i "/'git'/,+3d" meson.build
Install libxml2 by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D history=enabled \
-D icu=enabled &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
lib32 Installation of libxml2
Install lib32-libxml2 by running the following commands:
rm -rf * &&
CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--libdir=/usr/lib32 \
--buildtype=release \
-D history=enabled \
-D icu=enabled &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR ninja install &&
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR &&
ldconfig
Command Explanations
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Note
Inspect meson_options.txt or
meson.options for a full list of
options.
-D history=enabled: This
switch enables Readline support when running xmlcatalog or xmllint in shell mode.
-D icu=enabled: This switch
enables support for ICU, which provides additional Unicode support.
This is needed for some packages outside of GLFS, such as for
QtWebEngine.
Contents
Installed Programs:
xml2-config, xmlcatalog, and
xmllint
Installed Libraries:
libxml2
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/libxml2,
/usr/lib/cmake/libxml2, /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.15.1, and
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
Short Descriptions
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xml2-config
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determines the compile and linker flags that should be
used to compile and link programs that use libxml2
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xmlcatalog
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is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs
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xmllint
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parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options)
to detect errors in XML coding
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libxml2
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provides functions for programs to parse files that use
the XML format
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