C:\TempPerl\XML-LibXML-Common-0.13>perl Makefile.pl enable native perl UTF8 looking for -lxml2... no looking for -llibxml2... no libxml2 not found Try setting LIBS and INC values on the command line Or get libxml2 from http://www.libxml.org/ If you install via RPMs, make sure you also install the -devel RPMs, as this is where the headers (.h files) are.