libxml2-2.6.9

Introduction to libxml2

The libxml2 package contains XML libraries. These are useful for parsing XML files.

Package information

libxml2 dependencies

Optional

Python-2.3.3 and readline-4.3

Installation of libxml2

Install libxml2 by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--with-history: Enables readline support.

Contents

The libxml2 package contains libxml2 libraries, xmllint, xmlcatalog and xml2-config.

Description

libxml2 libraries

libxml2 libraries provide the functions for programs to parse files that use the XML format.

xmllint

xmllint parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect errors in XML coding.

xmlcatalog

xmlcatalog allows users to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.