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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.

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mirod runs 2.27... guess that explains it.

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Re: Re: Re: XML Module Loading Problem
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2000 at 22:51 UTC
    Thanks, mirod and Petruchio. I gave up on trying to install XML::Parser 2.30, and installed 2.29 instead. It works fine.

    I hope that the developers of XML::Parser will return to the pre-2.30 practice of offering a version which has expat built in. Some people want to use XML and perl but are not experts in module and C library installation.

    Including expat for those who want it seems like the perlish thing to do.
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