Actually inatalling XML::Parser normally installs Expat, at least with previous versions of XML::Parser, so you should not have to install Expat separately.

That's interesting. I've installed XML::Parser on two boxen via CPAN in just the last two weeks, and it doesn't install Expat. Though I only really run Debian... so not to say you're wrong, but my experiences have been consistent and different than yours. Perhaps someone will present a larger view and clue us in.

Update:

From the README for XML-Parser-2.30:

Differences from Version 2.29
=============================

Expat is no longer included with this package. It must now be already
installed on your system as a library. You may download the library
version of expat from http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/. After
downloading, expat must be configured (an automatic script does this),
built and installed.

[download]

mirod runs 2.27... guess that explains it.

In reply to Re: Re: XML Module Loading Problem by Petruchio
in thread XML Module Loading Problem by Anonymous Monk

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