How do I install the module XML-LibXML-1.58?

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Re: How do I install the module XML-LibXML-1.58? by tachyon (Chancellor) on Oct 06, 2004 at 03:15 UTC
ActiveState is not the only source of PPM packages. Authors often include README files in the hope that people might bother to READIT. If you did you would note that the ever helpful Randy Kobes has a ppm for it at his repository http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/ PMs crazyinsomniac also maintains a very useful repository at http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/ `ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/XML-LibXML.ppd` [download] cheers tachyon	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I install the module XML-LibXML-1.58? by graff (Chancellor) on Oct 06, 2004 at 05:57 UTC
Have you done a google search for "expat", downloaded that package, and installed it on your machine? It is not a CPAN package, but XML modules from CPAN depend on having it installed in order for the module tests to work (and maybe for the compilation stage to succeed as well, since expat provides a C subroutine library).	[reply]
Re^2: How do I install the module XML-LibXML-1.58? by ajt (Prior) on Oct 06, 2004 at 15:10 UTC
XML::LibXML relies on the Gnome libxml2 library not the older expat library. To install this excellent module you will need a c compiler, to buid and link the perl to the c library, or some nice person to have done the compiling and linking already (as tachyon's suggests). XML::LibXML is a very powerful and useful module, and it does work fine on Windows, it's well worth the effort to get it installed. Have a look at the following threads and links: XML Module decision tree? XM-Hell Why is Perl so bad with XML? XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT ppd Modules in the Windows environment Adding CPAN Modules to Active State Perl XML and Perl XML parser Which XML module to use? Re: Perl & XML & LibXML Mirod's Ways to Rome I and II Kip's Column on XML.com Antoine Quint's Column on XML.com Using XML Modules in Perl Perl-XML FAQ Update: Nodes reorderd and updated. -- ajt	[reply]