Downloading and Installing the libxml library

XML is a standard for building structured documents based on markup containing the data.

The libxml2 library was written in pure C to allow easy reuse across various platforms, including embedded systems.

Let’s get our hands dirty!

Visit the website and download the latest stable version:

http://www.xmlsoft.org/downloads.html

Open the terminal and enter the directory where the library was saved:

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$ cd ./Download/

Extract the file into the "/opt" directory:

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$ sudo tar xvfz libxml2-git-snapshot.tar.gz -C /opt/

Enter the directory where the file was extracted:

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$ sudo cd /opt/libxml2-2.7.8/

For a standard installation run the command below, you can change the installation directory if you want.

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$ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/libxml

Now just install:

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$ sudo make && make install