Trouble installing libxml2 on Windows...

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

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Re: Trouble installing libxml2 on Windows... by thunders (Priest) on Oct 14, 2009 at 17:41 UTC
Did the package you downloaded also include a /lib and /bin, as well as the /include directory? In that case it's probably a binary distribution like this one. If you have a c compiler and a make program( you should have both if you are using Strawberry Perl) You can find a source package here. Here's a direct link to libxml2. Which version you go with is up to you, but either way, I think on windows the libxml2.dll needs to be installed somewhere in your PATH.	[reply]
Re: Trouble installing libxml2 on Windows... by thunders (Priest) on Oct 14, 2009 at 17:52 UTC
If you are using ActiveState perl instead, you may want to try a pre compiled PPM instead. First use "perl -v" to find out which version you are running. For perl 5.8.: `C:\> ppm ppm> set repository theoryx http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ ppm> install XML-LibXML` [download] For perl 5.10.: `C:\> ppm ppm> set repository theoryx http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/ ppm> install XML-LibXML` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Trouble installing libxml2 on Windows... by biswanath_c (Beadle) on Oct 14, 2009 at 19:35 UTC
This was very helpful and it worked like a charm!! I have been breaking my head on this since yesterday along with a couple of my friends who could not resolve this too! Thank you very much! That was VERY helpful!	[reply]
Re: Trouble installing libxml2 on Windows... by Anonymous Monk on Jun 05, 2012 at 20:24 UTC
Thank you as well! Worked great! :)	[reply]


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