Unable to install XML::LibXML

kalyanrajsista has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I'm trying to install XML::LibXML on Linux box, but getting the following errors. Please help me out to resolve this. I've downloaded

libxml2-2.7.6.tar from ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/
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and installed it on my system. But still unsuccessful.

$ perl Makefile.PL
enable native perl UTF8
running xml2-config...ok (2.7.6)
looking for -lxml2... no
looking for -llibxml2... no
libxml2 not found
Try setting LIBS and INC values on the command line
Or get libxml2 from
  http://xmlsoft.org/
If you install via RPMs, make sure you also install the -devel
RPMs, as this is where the headers (.h files) are.

Also, you may try to run perl Makefile.PL with the DEBUG=1 parameter
to see the exact reason why the detection of libxml2 installation
failed or why Makefile.PL was not able to compile a test program.
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Re: Unable to install XML::LibXML by moritz (Cardinal) on Nov 12, 2009 at 13:41 UTC
In which path did you install libxml2? I expect Makefile.PL to only search the standard directories for libraries and headers (like /lib/ and /usr/lib/), if you installed it somewhere else you need to tell it about those paths. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]
Re^2: Unable to install XML::LibXML by kalyanrajsista (Scribe) on Nov 12, 2009 at 14:14 UTC
<code> my $PATH variable showing the /usr/lib directory.still it is not working	[reply]
Re^3: Unable to install XML::LibXML by almut (Canon) on Nov 12, 2009 at 15:46 UTC
The `PATH` environment variable is unrelated to the compiler/linker finding libraries... But as you're saying you have the lib installed in `/usr/lib` (which is a default library search path), I suppose the problem is that the installation somehow didn't succeed... Did you actually run `./configure --prefix=/usr ; make install` (the default installation prefix would be `/usr/local`) from the directory where you unpacked the libxml2 sources (the tarball you downloaded), and did the build and installation complete without errors?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Unable to install XML::LibXML by moritz (Cardinal) on Nov 12, 2009 at 14:17 UTC
That's not quite what I asked. What steps did you do to install libmlx2?	[reply]
Re^4: Unable to install XML::LibXML by kalyanrajsista (Scribe) on Nov 12, 2009 at 15:02 UTC
Re^5: Unable to install XML::LibXML by Anonymous Monk on Nov 12, 2009 at 15:54 UTC
Re: Unable to install XML::LibXML by gmargo (Hermit) on Nov 12, 2009 at 15:26 UTC
What OS are you using? If it's a Linux distribution, it is likely that precompiled binaries are available.	[reply]
Re^2: Unable to install XML::LibXML by kalyanrajsista (Scribe) on Nov 13, 2009 at 05:04 UTC
i am using linux :Linux 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:58:04 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux	[reply]
Re^3: Unable to install XML::LibXML by gmargo (Hermit) on Nov 13, 2009 at 13:55 UTC
That's the kernel you're using. But what distribution (and what version of distribution)? I'm guessing perhaps a RHEL, Fedora, or CentOS installation? Update 1: Looks like that kernel was distributed with CentOS 4.6. Update 2: Both `libxml2` and XML::LibXML are available from the CentOS 4.6 archives. These are much older versions than current of course, since 4.6 is pretty darn old. These are the packages, install using a package manager. libxml2-2.6.16-10.i386.rpm libxml2-devel-2.6.16-10.i386.rpm perl-XML-LibXML-1.58-1.i386.rpm Perhaps it's time to upgrade that OS? Ok, enough sysadmin; back to perl!	[reply] [d/l]