perl Makefile.PL XMLPREFIX='/usr/local' Set up build environment without MacOSX10.4u SDK (will build native binaries) enable native perl UTF8 running xml2-config...untested Note: libxml2 2.7.8 was not tested with this XML::LibXML version. 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://xmlsoft.org/ If you install via RPMs, make sure you also install the -devel RPMs, as this is where the headers (.h files) are.