Re^2: loading libxml2 as a prerequisite

As mentioned in the "Steps attempted to resolve the problem" ~~neither~~ XML::LibXML ~~or Alien::LibXML~~ doesn't 'just install' in Linux without the libxml2 packages pre-installed. I already had a dependency on XML::LibXML in my Makefile.PL and when I CPAN pre-installed Alien::LibXML with CPAN I still couldn't get XML::LibXML to install via CPAN. I looked at your link but it seems to be instructions on how to build a Debian package. I would prefer to stick with CPAN.

Update: I am using perlbrew on an AWS Linux server for my Linux text. Any chance that might cause problems?

Update2: Alien::LibXML does 'just install' it just doesn't provide any libraries that XML::LibXML can find. It looks like the Docs I was looking for are Alien::Base::Authoring

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Re^3: loading libxml2 as a prerequisite by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2014 at 03:07 UTC
As mentioned in the "Steps attempted to resolve the problem" XML::LibXML won't 'just install' in Linux or Unix without the libxml2 packages pre-installed. This was clear, but why are you concerned ? :) You don't release XML::LibXML or Alien::LibXML , so its not really any of your business :) As mentioned in the "Steps attempted to resolve the problem" Alien::LibXML won't 'just install' in Linux or Unix without the libxml2 packages pre-installed. I kind of doubt that :) If Alien::LibXML doesn't install libxml2, report a bug, but I think it does install libxml2, just look at https://metacpan.org/source/TOBYINK/Alien-LibXML-0.003/Build.PL Also, like the docs say, XML::LibXML currently makes no use of Alien::LibXML, so report a bug in XML::LibXML? Yeah, looks like even if you install Alien::LibXML XML::LibXML won't know anything about it ... standard way you as a user can let it know is through Makefile.PL args INC=/LIB= Most modules on CPAN do not have a corresponding Alien:: library, and its been that way for most of the history of CPAN ... that a user has to `apt-get install..` before he can `cpan SomeModule` is kind of a FAQ So, as maintainer of Spreadsheet::XLSX::Reader::LibXML, there is nothing for you to do, maybe improve your docs to explain the appropriate apt-get steps ... You could at an utils/installlibxml2.pl to help you out your users, but this stuff doesn't belong in your Makefile.PL, each cpan author takes care of his own distribution I almost forgot, you could always fork XML::LibXML to use Alien::LibXML and release that on cpan, and submit a feature request ... see upload a fork (unauthorized version), Hopefully that is clear :)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: loading libxml2 as a prerequisite
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2014 at 03:07 UTC

As mentioned in the "Steps attempted to resolve the problem" XML::LibXML won't 'just install' in Linux or Unix without the libxml2 packages pre-installed.

This was clear, but why are you concerned ?

:) You don't release XML::LibXML or Alien::LibXML , so its not really any of your business :)

As mentioned in the "Steps attempted to resolve the problem" Alien::LibXML won't 'just install' in Linux or Unix without the libxml2 packages pre-installed.

I kind of doubt that :)

If Alien::LibXML doesn't install libxml2, report a bug, but I think it does install libxml2, just look at https://metacpan.org/source/TOBYINK/Alien-LibXML-0.003/Build.PL

Also, like the docs say, XML::LibXML currently makes no use of Alien::LibXML, so report a bug in XML::LibXML?

Yeah, looks like even if you install Alien::LibXML XML::LibXML won't know anything about it ... standard way you as a user can let it know is through Makefile.PL args INC=/LIB=

Most modules on CPAN do not have a corresponding Alien:: library, and its been that way for most of the history of CPAN ... that a user has to apt-get install.. before he can cpan SomeModule is kind of a FAQ

So, as maintainer of Spreadsheet::XLSX::Reader::LibXML, there is nothing for you to do, maybe improve your docs to explain the appropriate apt-get steps ...

You could at an utils/installlibxml2.pl to help you out your users, but this stuff doesn't belong in your Makefile.PL, each cpan author takes care of his own distribution

I almost forgot, you could always fork XML::LibXML to use Alien::LibXML and release that on cpan, and submit a feature request ... see upload a fork (unauthorized version),

Hopefully that is clear :)

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