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in thread Help required installing LibXML Parser

That is a strange result - it suggests that some of the configuration information in your Perl installation has some values probably set from the machine where it was built, and hence don't necessarily match your system. That may be contributing to the problem. What happens when you run: 
  C:\> set PERL_DL_DEBUG=1
  C:\> perl -MXML::LibXML -e "print 1"

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Also, what happens if you place libxml2.dll in the same subdirectory as Common.dll, which is used by XML::LibXML::Common?

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Re^8: Help required installing LibXML Parser
by KarthikK (Sexton) on Dec 21, 2007 at 10:18 UTC
    Just for the record, below are the list of files i have 
    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\lib\perl5\site_perl\5.6.1\MSWin32-x86
+-multi-thread\auto\XML
„₯„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸLibXML
„    „    LibXML.bs
„    „    LibXML.dll
„    „    LibXML.exp
„    „    LibXML.lib
„    „    LibXML.pdb
„    „ 
„    „€„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸCommon
„            Common.bs
„            Common.dll
„            Common.exp
„            Common.lib
„            Common.pdb
„ 
„₯„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸNamespaceSupport
„€„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸSAX

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    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\lib\perl5\site_perl\5.6.1\XML
„    LibXML.pm
„    LibXML.pod
„    NamespaceSupport.pm
„    SAX.pm
„ 
„₯„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸLibXML
„        Attr.pod
„        Boolean.pm
„        CDATASection.pod
„        Comment.pod
„        Common.pm
„        Document.pod
„        DocumentFragment.pod
„        DOM.pod
„        Dtd.pod
„        Element.pod
„        InputCallback.pod
„        Literal.pm
„        Namespace.pod
„        Node.pod
„        NodeList.pm
„        Number.pm
„        Parser.pod
„        PI.pod
„        Reader.pm
„        Reader.pod
„        RelaxNG.pod
„        SAX.pm
„        SAX.pod
„        Schema.pod
„        Text.pod
„        XPathContext.pm
„        XPathContext.pod
„ 
„€„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸSAX
    „    Base.pm
    „    Builder.pm
    „    Builder.pod
    „    DocumentLocator.pm
    „    Exception.pm
    „    Generator.pm
    „    Intro.pod
    „    NoUnicodeExt.pm
    „    Parser.pm
    „    ParserFactory.pm
    „    placeholder.pl
    „    PurePerl.pm
    „    UnicodeExt.pm
    „ 
    „€„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸPurePerl
        „    DebugHandler.pm
        „    DocType.pm
        „    DTDDecls.pm
        „    EncodingDetect.pm
        „    NoUnicodeExt.pm
        „    Productions.pm
        „    Reader.pm
        „    UnicodeExt.pm
        „    XMLDecl.pm
        „ 
        „€„Ÿ„Ÿ„ŸReader
                Stream.pm
                String.pm
                URI.pm

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    And libxml2.dll is placed in 
    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\libxml2.dll

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    i hope this could throw some light!
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      I'm afraid I'm a bit stumped - everything above looks OK. Just to see if it might be a binary incompatibility problem with your version of Perl, could you try installing the GD module; the ppm sources GD.tar.gz are again at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/x86/. After installation, does 
         C:\> perl -MGD -e "print 1"

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      work?
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        Nope got the following error 
        U:\>cqperl -MGD -e "print 1"
Extracting -e (with variable substitutions)
Can't locate loadable object for module GD in @INC (@INC contains: C:/
+Program Fi
les/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:/Progra
+m Files/Ra
tional/Common/lib/perl5/5.6.1 C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/per
+l5 C:/Prog
ram Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-
+thread C:/
Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 C:/Program Fil
+es/Rationa
l/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl
+5/site_per
l/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/
+perl5/site
_perl/5.6.1 C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at
+ -e line 0

Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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        i just copied the files to the C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site _perl/5.6.1 folder
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        will do it on monday (@ work pc) and will update. Thanks a lot once again
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Re^8: Help required installing LibXML Parser
by KarthikK (Sexton) on Dec 21, 2007 at 09:12 UTC
    tried and got this 
    DynaLoader.pm loaded (C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/5.6.1
+/MSWin32-x
86-multi-thread C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/5.6.1 C:/Pr
+ogram File
s/Rational/Common/lib/perl5 C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5
+/site_perl
/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/p
+erl5/site_
perl/5.6.1 C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl C:/Pro
+gram Files
/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread C:
+/Program F
iles/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 C:/Program Files/Ration
+al/Common/
lib/perl5/site_perl ., \sys_nt\MSVC\nt_i386\lib)
DynaLoader::bootstrap for XML::LibXML::Common (auto/XML/LibXML/Common/
+Common.dll
)
Can't load 'C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
+/MSWin32-x
86-multi-thread/auto/XML/LibXML/Common/Common.dll' for module XML::Lib
+XML::Commo
n: load_file:The specified module could not be found at C:/Program Fil
+es/Rationa
l/Common/lib/perl5/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DynaLoader.pm line 2
+06.
 at C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/XML/Lib
+XML.pm lin
e 12
Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/
+perl5/site
_perl/5.6.1/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/
+lib/perl5/
site_perl/5.6.1/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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    the common.dll is present in C:/Program Files/Rational/Common/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/auto/XML/LibXML/Common/ folder

    Also i tried placing the libxml2.dll in the same folder as common, but still i get the same error!
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