libxml2-2.5.6

Introduction to libxml2

Download location (HTTP):       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml2/2.5/libxml2-2.5.6.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.xmlsoft.org/libxml2-2.5.6.tar.gz
Version used:                   2.5.6
Package size:                   3 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  33 MB
Estimated build time:           2.35 SBU

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

libxml2 will utilize:
Python-2.2.2

Installation of libxml2

Install libxml2 by running the following commands:

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

Contents

The libxml2 package contains libxml2 libraries, xmllint and xmlcatalog.

Description

libxml2 libraries

libxml2 provides 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.