looking for -lxml2... no looking for -llibxml2... 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. .... ERROR Unable to satisfy prerequisites for 'XML::Compile' -- aborting install .... ERROR Unable to satisfy prerequisites for 'SOAP::Simple' -- aborting install