== Installation: libxml2 and Perl bindings (LibXML) ==

Follow the steps below to download and install the required softwares. Create a local install directory 'xmllibs'[[BR]]
(or any other convenient name) in your home directory or anywhere.We will use ''''$HOME/xmllibs'''' as an example here for local install.[[BR]]
All of the following installations will be done in the same base local directory i.e ''$HOME/xmllibs''.

A.  '''Libxml2:'''[[BR]]   
Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit. It is free software available under the [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html MIT License]. For more information visit [http://xmlsoft.org/][[BR]]

 1. Download libxml2 version 2.6.28:  ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.28.tar.gz

 2. Unzip and untar the file to a tmp directory.
 
 3. Run ''configure'' as shown below. Specify the local install directory as ''$HOME/xmllibs'' 
{{{
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/xmllibs
}}}
 4. Run
{{{
$ make
}}}
 5. Run ''make install''. This will install the required libs and executables into ''$HOME/xmllibs''.
{{{
$ make install
}}}
 6. Add ''''$HOME/xmllibs/bin'''' to the system PATH.
{{{
export PATH=$HOME/xmllibs/bin:$PATH
or
setenv PATH $HOME/xmllibs/bin:$PATH
}}}
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B. '''XML::LibXML::Common-0.13''':


 1. Download ''XML-LibXML-Common'' version 0.13:  http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PH/PHISH/XML-LibXML-Common-0.13.tar.gz

 2. Unzip and untar the file to a tmp directory.
 
 3. Generate ''Makefile'' as shown below. Specify the local install directory as ''$HOME/xmllibs'' 
{{{
$ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSITEARCH=$HOME/xmllibs
}}}
 4. Run
{{{
$ make
}}}
 5. Run ''make test''. This will test the install. 
{{{
$ make test
}}}
 6. Run ''make install''. This will install the required libs and executables into ''$HOME/xmllibs.''
{{{
$ make install
}}}
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C. '''XML::LibXML: 1.65:'''

 1. Download ''XML-LibXML'' version 1.65:  http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PA/PAJAS/XML-LibXML-1.65.tar.gz

 2. Unzip and untar the file to a tmp directory.
 
 3. Generate ''Makefile'' as shown below. Specify the local install directory as ''$HOME/xmllibs'' 
{{{
$ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSITEARCH=$HOME/xmllibs
}}}
 4. Run
{{{
$ make
}}}
 5. Run ''make test''. This will test the install. 
{{{
$ make test
}}}
 6. Run ''make install''. This will install the required libs and executables into ''$HOME/xmllibs.''
{{{
$ make install
}}}
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